On board the Federal Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Somerset (1962) alongside a wharf in the Royal Victoria Dock, London, while loading cars for New Zealand.
On board the Federal Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Somerset (1962) alongside a wharf in the Royal Victoria Dock, London, while loading cars for New Zealand. The photographer is looking forward and to starboard from the port bridge wing showing the Humber Hawk Mark V 4-door saloon car, registered JJB888, being lowered into number 3 hold. A Ford Cortina Mark II 4-door estate car is being hoisted in the background. Transparencies numbers PCT1070 to PCT1081 inclusive were taken on the same occasion.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT1074 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Somerset (1962) |
| Date made: | 1967-1973 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 40 mm |