The motor tanker North Earl (1956) and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary helicopter support ship Engadine (1966) in dry docks at Falmouth, Cornwall.

The motor tanker North Earl (1956) and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary helicopter support ship Engadine (1966) in Nos. 3 and 4 graving docks at Falmouth, Cornwall. The port side of the tanker is on the left and the starboard side of the Engadine is on the right. The photographer is looking along the roadway between the docks showing the 0-4-0ST steam locomotive No. 6 working a rake of goods wagons. The engine was built by Peckett & Sons in 1919 for the CWS soap works near Irlam and was bought by the Falmouth Docks & Engineering Co in 1968. It was taken out of service in 1986.

Object Details

ID: P63645CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: North Earl (1956); Engadine (1966)
Date made: July 1974
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 62 mm x 62 mm