On board a Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner of the Strathmay class (1970) in the Seaforth Container Terminal at Liverpool.

On board a Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner of the Strathmay class (1970) in the Seaforth Container Terminal at Liverpool. The ship is berthed starboard side to the quay and is one of Strathmay (1970), Strathmeigle (1971) or Strathmore (1971). The photographer is on the port side of the monkey island and is using a standard lens. He is looking forward and slightly to starboard showing a 40 feet P & O container being swung over the starboard side of number four hatch by a Paceco-Vickers Portainer. Numbers three and four hatches are closed. Transparencies numbers P64605CT to P64670CT were taken on the same day.

Object Details

ID: P64617CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Strathmay (1970); Strathmeigle (1971) Strathmore (1971)
Date made: May 1975 to August 1978
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 61 mm x 76 mm