A close-up starboard bow view of the British India Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Santhia (1950) loading cargo alongside a wharf at Singapore.

A close-up starboard bow view of the British India Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Santhia (1950) loading cargo alongside a wharf at Singapore. The photographer is on the quayside abreast the bow looking aft showing a sling of sacks being hoisted by the ship's own derrick for loading into number one hold. A fork lift truck and stacks of pallets are on the quayside. Transparencies numbers PCT578 to PCT601 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: PCT596
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