A starboard midship view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Strathatlow (1961) unloading a steel unit onto a wharf at Dubai.
A starboard midship view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Strathatlow (1961) unloading a steel unit onto a wharf at Dubai. A reinforced steel cylinder weighing 54200 Kg is being lowered by the ship's 65 ton derrick onto a 12-wheeled articulated trailer. The unit, manufactured by F.L. Smith & Co. Ltd of London, is consigned to Costain and the Costain Scammel Contractor heavy haulage tractor numbered HA84 and named Big.Goodie is connecting to the trailer. The port side of the Greek bulk carrier Phaedra (1966) is on the right. Transparencies numbers P64733CT to P64742CT were taken on the same occasion.
Object Details
| ID: | P64740CT |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Strathatlow (1961); Phaedra (1966) |
| Date made: | March 1975 - October 1978 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 61 mm x 76 mm |