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 centreline line above the bridge and is using a fish-eye lens. He is looking forward showing 20 and 40 feet containers stacked on number four hatches. A 20 feet Cti/P & O container is being swung over the starboard bulwark abreast number three hold by a Paceco-Vickers Portainer. A vertical format image. Transparencies numbers P64605CT to P64670CT were taken on the same day.

Object Details

ID: P64627CT
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: 77 mm x 61 mm