A view of the port side, from very close to the bow, of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) alongside a quay at Sunderland, Durham.

A view of the port side, from very close to the bow, of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) alongside a quay at Sunderland, Durham. The photographer is on the quayside looking along the edge of the quay showing dockside cranes being used to discharge a cargo of bales of Tanganyika sisal into a 2-storey storage shed. The Sunderland Port Health Authority office is on the right. Negatives PM1792/4A to PM1796/30A were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: PM1794/16A
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 226 mm;Image: 25 mm x 37 mm