The Ford Cortina Mark II Estate car YYV557H being loaded onto the Avenue Shipping Co. Ltd cargo liner Galway (1959) by a dockside crane in the South West India dock, London.

The Ford Cortina Mark II Estate car YYV557H being loaded onto the Avenue Shipping Co. Ltd cargo liner Galway (1959) by a dockside crane in the South West India dock, London. The photographer is looking up showing the nearside of the vehicle being hoisted using a rectangular steel frame with webbing net slings in each corner under each of the four wheels. Only the mast of the ship is in the picture. This transparency is a duplicate of PCT1245. Transparencies numbers P64960CT to P64963CT were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: PCT1246
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Galway (1959)
Date made: 1967-1972
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 40 mm