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

Loading containers on 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 using a fish-eye lens from an elevated position on the quay close to the side of the ship looking aft and to port showing a white 20 feet Strick Line container being lowered onto the starboard side of number four hatch by a Paceco-Vickers Portainer. Other Strick Line containers are already loaded on the hatch. A vertical format image. Transparencies numbers P64605CT to P64670CT were taken on the same day.

Object Details

ID: P64636CT
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: 74 mm x 61 mm
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