A port bow view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Strathbrora (1967) sliding down the ways in the shipyard of Mitsui Zosen at Tamano, Japan, on launch day.

A port bow view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Strathbrora (1967) sliding down the ways in the shipyard of Mitsui Zosen at Tamano, Japan, on launch day. The photographer is in an elevated position behind the launch platform looking down the ways. The ship is dressed overall and the circular cloth cage suspended above the bow has been opened to release streamers. Balloons fill the sky above the ship. Both anchors are suspended below their hawse pipes. Transparencies numbers PCT1442 to PCT1454 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: PCT1445
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Strathbrora (1967)
Date made: 15 December 1966
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 40 mm