A view of the port side of the afterpart of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) working cargo in Tilbury Dock, Essex.

A view of the port side of the afterpart of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) working cargo in Tilbury Dock, Essex. The photographer is in the cab of a crane on the quayside looking aft and to starboard from abreast the bridge showing a wooden packing case being lowered into number three hold by a dockside crane. All of the forward part of the ship, as far aft as the rear of the bridge, and everything aft of the mainmast is out of the picture. Transparencies numbers P80000CT to P80028CT were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: P80005CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Chakdara (1951)
Date made: 1966-1971
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 60 mm x 59 mm