A close view of the port side aft of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Bulimba (1959) alongside a berth in Tilbury Docks, Essex.

A close view of the port side aft of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Bulimba (1959) alongside a berth in Tilbury Docks, Essex. Only her stern and the aft end of the superstructure are in the picture. The photographer is on the quayside looking to starboard and slightly forward and in the foreground is a man driving an electric 3-wheeled tractor owned and operated by Scruttons Maltby Ltd. It is towing a small 4-wheeled trailer laden with five hessian covered rolls that are stencilled London and have numbers on them.

Object Details

ID: P64568CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Bulimba (1959)
Date made: 1970-1971
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 64 mm x 62 mm