On board the British India Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Santhia (1950) while loading cargo alongside a wharf at George Town, Penang Island, Malaya.
On board the British India Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Santhia (1950) while loading cargo alongside a wharf at George Town, Penang Island, Malaya. The photographer is looking aft over the ship's starboard side rail amidships showing small wooden cargo vessels alongside, including one sampan. The ship is using her own derricks to work cargo from one of these boats. A vertical format image. Transparencies numbers PCT558 to PCT566 were taken on the same occasion.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT562 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Santhia (1950) |
| Date made: | 1956-1962 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 40 mm x 35 mm |