On board a Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner of the Strathmay class (1970) loading containers in the Seaforth Container Terminal at Liverpool.
On board a Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner of the Strathmay class (1970) loading containers 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 the starboard upper platform of the Stulcken mast looking aft showing number three hatches open and a 20 feet container being swung over number four hatch by a Paceco-Vickers Portainer. A vertical format image. Transparencies numbers P64605CT to P64670CT were taken on the same day.
Object Details
ID: | P64653CT |
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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: 75 mm x 61 mm |