A starboard bow view, taken from fine off the bow, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Himalaya (1949) alongside a berth in Tilbury Docks, Essex

A starboard bow view, taken from fine off the bow, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Himalaya (1949) alongside a berth in Tilbury Docks, Essex. Two lighters are in the foreground and dockside cranes are working the ship. In the background is the stern of another P & O passenger/cargo liner, either the Strathnaver (1931) or the Strathaird (1932). A vertical format image, Transparencies numbers PCT1349 to PCT1351 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: PCT1349
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Himalaya (1949); Strathnaver (1931) Strathaird (1932)
Date made: 1956-1962
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 40 mm x 35 mm