A bow view of a single-masted, lateen rigged boat under sail in Karachi harbour, Pakistan.

A bow view of a single-masted, lateen rigged boat under sail in Karachi harbour, Pakistan. It is seen from dead ahead and has a board or plank extended from the starboard side. Two men are standing on the inboard end of the plank and one man appears to be falling off the outboard end. The photographer is the Third officer of the Overseas Tankship tanker Caltex Melbourne (1945). A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: P50020
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Date made: 13 - 16 May 1955
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Overall: 69 mm x 46 mm