A starboard quarter view of a GRP lifeboat (Fl. 1972) being lifted by an electric sheerlegs in the Mumby Road, Gosport, boatyard of the builder, Viking Marine Ltd.

A starboard quarter view of a GRP lifeboat (Fl. 1972) being lifted by an electric sheerlegs in the Mumby Road, Gosport, boatyard of the builder, Viking Marine Ltd. The boat is being lifted in two webbing slings and a man is by the stern holding on to the propeller and rudder pintle while controlling the swing of the boat. The Royal Clarence Yard fuel jetty is in the background and beyond it is part of Portsmouth Dockyard. Transparencies numbers P64921CT to P64935CT were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: P64926CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Viking Marine GRP cabin lifeboat (Fl. 1972)
Date made: 1972 - 1977
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 60 mm x 61 mm