A starboard midship detail of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Bombala (1961) under way during trials on the Polperro Mile course.

A starboard midship detail of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Bombala (1961) under way during trials on the Polperro Mile course. The ship has some wooden boxes of Commer vehicle parts stowed on number 3 hatch. Everything forward of the foremast and aft of the number 5 crane is out of the picture. The photographer is in an accompanying motor launch. Transparencies numbers PCT517 to PCT540 were taken on the same day.

Object Details

ID: PCT533
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Bombala (1961)
Date made: August 1961
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 40 mm