The pilot Captain Trowsdale getting on board his motor launch in a British port to be taken out to the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954).

The pilot Captain Trowsdale getting on board his motor launch in a British port to be taken out to the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954). The port has a high stone breakwater and there are two motor fishing vessels alongside the breakwater quay. On the left is a vessel registered BM124 (Brixham). On the right is a boat registered B407 which could be Belfast, Blankenburg or Boulogne. A vertical format image. Transparencies numbers PCT1334 to PCT1336 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: PCT1336
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1959-1970
People: Captain Trowsdale
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 40 mm x 35 mm