Looking aft and to starboard from the port side of the forecastle on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while under way, probably in the Mediterranean.

Looking aft and to starboard from the port side of the forecastle on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while under way, probably in the Mediterranean. The French-built cargo winches and the foremast are in the foreground, with the 7 ton deck crane, the Stulcken 30 ton derrick and four 5 ton derricks further aft. Transparencies numbers P64557CT to P64565CT were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: P64561CT
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: 61 mm x 73 mm