A starboard bow view of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakla (1954) alongside Number 15 shed in the South West India Dock, London.

A starboard bow view of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakla (1954) alongside Number 15 shed in the South West India Dock, London. She has maintenance boards suspended over the bow and they have been used to enable the ship's name to be changed. The ship arrived on 2 January as the Swiftpool and sailed on 31 January as the Chakla. Negatives PM1864/28 to PM1865/34 were taken on the same day.

Object Details

ID: PM1864/29
Type: 35mm negative
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Chakla (1954)
Date made: January 1964
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 94 mm;Image: 25 mm x 36 mm