A close-up starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the British India Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Santhia (1950) loading Royal Mail bags alongside a wharf at Singapore.
A close-up starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the British India Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Santhia (1950) loading Royal Mail bags alongside a wharf at Singapore. The photographer is on the quayside abreast the bow looking aft showing the ship using her own derrick to hoist a sling of bags from the quayside for loading into number two hold. Two Royal Mail vans are on the quay. Transparencies numbers PCT578 to PCT601 were taken on the same occasion.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT591 |
|---|---|
| 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: 35 mm x 40 mm |