Loading a cable reel on board a Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner of the Strathardle class (1967) in a London Dock. The cable is manufactured by B.I.C.C. of Erith, Kent, and is being lowered into number five hold by the ship's own crane. The photographer is looking up, aft and slightly to starboard from inside the hold. The ships in the class are the Strathardle (1967), Strathbrora (1967) and Strathconon (1967). A vertical format image.