Floating whale carcasses moored to a post at the Bluff Whaling Station, Durban, South Africa.
Floating whale carcasses moored to a post at the Bluff Whaling Station, Durban, South Africa. The photographer was an apprentice on board the Bank Line cargo vessel Tymeric (1919) which was in port for bunkers and provisions before departing for the U.K. on 1 July 1939. He is looking south-south-east along the Bluff towards the coaling station.
Object Details
| ID: | P49991 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Bird, Henry P. |
| Date made: | June 1939 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 45 mm x 67 mm |
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