An aerial view of Falmouth, Cornwall. The photographer is focussing on the dock area.

An aerial view of Falmouth, Cornwall. The photographer is focussing on the dock area and he is just south of Pendennis Point looking north-by-west. The BP steam tanker British Cavalier (1962) is alongside the Eastern Breakwater, unidentified bulk carriers are in numbers 2 and 3 graving docks, an unidentified tanker is in number 4 graving dock and another unidentified tanker is alongside the western repair quay. The bulker in No. 2 dock has six hatches open and the bulker in No. 3 dock has all nine hatches open. Trawlers and four Falmouth Towing Company tugs are alongside the finger jetties of the Western Breakwater. Pendennis Castle is in the foreground. Transparencies numbers P63719CT to P63729CT were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: P63725CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: British Cavalier (1962)
Date made: 1972-1974
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 62 mm x 76 mm