Shipping in the docks at Falmouth, Cornwall.

Shipping in the docks at Falmouth, Cornwall. The photographer is looking west from an elevated vantage point by Number 1 graving dock showing a Trident tanker in No. 2 graving dock, a Federal Steam Navigation Company cargo liner in No. 3 graving dock and a British Petroleum Company tanker in No. 4 graving dock. The bow of the tanker British Duchess (1958) is alongside the Western Breakwater. A Royal Navy repair ship of the Resource class (1967) has her stern to the camera.

Object Details

ID: PCT1666
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: British Duchess (1958)
Date made: 1969-1971
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 40 mm