A port bow view of the steam tanker Solen (1961) in No. 3 Graving Dock at Falmouth, Cornwall.

A port bow view of the steam tanker Solen (1961) in No. 3 Graving Dock at Falmouth, Cornwall. The photographer is looking north-by-west from an elevated position near the head of the dock showing a BP tasnker in No. 4 Graving Dock and more tankers alongside the North and Western Breakwaters. Admiralty Floating Dock No. 5 (1912) is laid up alongside a finger jetty off the Western Breakwater.

Object Details

ID: PCT1678
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Solen (1961); Admiralty Floating Dock No.5 (1912)
Date made: 1961-1966
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 40 mm