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 the port side ahead of the funnel. Bales of sisal being swung ashore and lowered onto the ground floor stage of a storage shed, ready to be loaded into an open railway truck. Negatives PM1792/4A to PM1796/30A were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: PM1793/10A
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