A slightly distant starboard bow view of the New Zealand Shipping Company refrigerated cargo liner Taupo (1966) leaving Lyttelton, New Zealand, on her maiden voyage.

A slightly distant starboard bow view of the New Zealand Shipping Company refrigerated cargo liner Taupo (1966) leaving Lyttelton, New Zealand, on her maiden voyage. She has bunting rigged on her superstructure and has the funnel colours of the Federal Steam Navigation Company. She has a pilot on board and is being towed astern away from her berth by the twin screw steam tug Lyttelton II (1939). She is bound out for Nelson, New Zealand.

Object Details

ID: P64009CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Taupo (1966); Lyttelton II (1939)
Date made: May 1966
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 100 mm x 125 mm
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