Shipping off the coast of Aden with the heights of Jebel Shamsham in the background.

Shipping off the coast of Aden with the heights of Jebel Shamsham in the background. An unidentified motor tanker and a cargo vessel are close to the shore. The photographer is the Third Officer on board the tanker Caltex Melbourne (1945) and one of the ship's Indian crew is standing by the ship's rail.

Object Details

ID: P50013
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Vessels: Caltex Melbourne (1945)
Date made: 1 - 4 May 1955
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Overall: 46 mm x 68 mm