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 |
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| 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 |