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 standard lens from the bridge roof looking forward showing number four hatches open and number three hatches closed. A 20 feet Cti container is being lowered into number two hold by a Paceco-Vickers Portainer. A vertical format image. Transparencies numbers P64777CT to P64785CT were taken on the same day.

Object Details

ID: P64782CT
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