A close view of the starboard side of the forepart of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Stratharlick (1969) loading a steel lighter in the South West India Dock, London.

A close view of the starboard side of the forepart of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Stratharlick (1969) in the South West India Dock, London. She is berthed port side to Berth N and is loading a Port of London Authority steel lighter using her 150 ton Stulcken derrick. The photographer is looking across a number of lighters in the foreground. The lift has commenced and the lighter's bow has been lifted clear of the water. The ship already has a deck cargo of motor lorries on number three hatch. Transparencies numbers P64715CT to P64724CT were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: P64721CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Stratharlick (1969)
Date made: April 1975 - May 1978
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 60 mm x 74 mm