Muslim crew members on the poop on board the Bank Line cargo vessel Inverbank (1924) at the end of the Ramadan service.
Muslim crew members on the poop on board the Bank Line cargo vessel Inverbank (1924) at the end of the Ramadan service. The service is to celebrate the Mohammedan New Year's Day and the men are hugging each other. The photographer, who was an apprentice serving on board the ship, is looking aft and to starboard and aft. The ship was on a voyage from Batavia to the west coast of South America. The horizon is not level. Slide 14 from the "Apprentice Boy", Captain Henry P. Bird's lecture about his life as an apprentice for Bank Line in the period 1937-1941. The lecture consists of 39 slides.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT15762 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Bird, Henry P. |
| Vessels: | Inverbank (1924) |
| Date made: | 5 December 1937 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection |
| Measurements: | Image: 18 mm x 24 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm |
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