Looking down on the aft end of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) from the roof of a storage shed on a quay at Sunderland, Durham.
Looking down on the aft end of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) from the roof of a storage shed on a quay at Sunderland, Durham. The ship is berthed port side to the quay and a dockside crane is being used to discharge the cargo of bales of Tanganyika sisal from number 4 hold. Temporary horse stalls are on deck on either side of number 4 hatch coaming. Some of the bales of sisal are on the 1st floor balcony of the storage shed in the right foreground. Negatives PM1792/4A to PM1796/30A were taken on the same occasion.
Object Details
| ID: | PM1794/19A |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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