A starboard bow view of the West German general cargo ship Octavia (1956) at anchor and moored in the River Maas at Rotterdam.

A starboard bow view of the West German general cargo ship Octavia (1956) at anchor and moored in the River Maas at Rotterdam. She has her starboard anchor deployed and is discharging a cargo of grain into river craft using a floating elevator. Astern of her, and also seen from off the starboard bow, is the West German general cargo ship Nordmeer (1954) at anchor and moored. She has her starboard anchor deployed. Transparencies numbers PCT1396 to PCT1402 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: PCT1401
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Octavia (1956); Nordmeer (1954)
Date made: January - August 1956
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 40 mm
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