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 bridge roof showing number four hatches closed, number three hatch partially open on the starboard side, and number two hatch stacked with containers. A Paceco-Vickers Portainer is lifting a 40 feet container over the starboard bulwark to load it onto the port side of number four hatch. A vertical format image. Transparencies numbers P64777CT to P64785CT were taken on the same day.

Object Details

ID: P64785CT
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: 77 mm x 61 mm