The British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) unloading a cargo of Tanganyika sisal at Sunderland, Durham.
The British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) unloading a cargo of Tanganyika sisal at Sunderland, Durham. The photographer is on board the ship looking aft and to port from ahead of the funnel showing bales of sisal being swung ashore from number 4 hold and lowered onto the first floor balcony of a storage shed. The bales are labelled TASMA (Tanganyika Sisal Marketing Assocation). Negatives PM1792/4A to PM1796/30A were taken on the same occasion.
Object Details
| ID: | PM1793/9A |
|---|---|
| Type: | 35mm negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Chakdara (1951) |
| Date made: | 1960-1964 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Image: 25 mm x 37 mm |
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