A deckhand taking tank level measurements on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while at sea, probably in the Mediterranean.

A deckhand taking tank level measurements on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while at sea, probably in the Mediterranean. He is wearing shorts, a cap, socks and shoes and is holding a rope line that is down the sounding pipe by the ship's port bulwark. A vertical format image. Transparencies numbers P64308CT to P64317CT were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: P64310CT
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: 76 mm x 62 mm