On board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) looking aft from the port side of the forecastle while under way at sea.

On board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) looking aft from the port side of the forecastle while under way at sea. The photographer is on the aft end of the forecastle deck and a deck cargo of steel drums of flammable liquid is in the foreground. The 30 ton Stulcken derrick is in its vertical stowed position between the supports. A vertical format image.

Object Details

ID: P64278CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Melita (1971)
Date made: 1976
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 74 mm x 62 mm