A close view of the port side of the bow of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chindwara (1950) alongside a wharf at Mombasa, Kenya.

A close view of the port side of the bow of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chindwara (1950) alongside a wharf at Mombasa, Kenya. Only her bow as far aft as the foremast is in the picture. The Alpha class dinghy with sail number 119, seen from off her port bow, is under sail in the foreground. She is being sailed by two teenage boys and they are sitting on the port side of the hull while turning to port. A vertical format image. Transparencies numbers PCT274 to PCT282 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: PCT281
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Alpha class dinghy (Fl. 1960); Chindwara (1950)
Date made: 1966
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 40 mm x 35 mm