On board the cargo ship Eskdalegate (1969) showing an electric cable broken during the transfer of a cement coke cargo from a bulk carrier anchored in the Gabon River off Owendo, Gabon.

On board the cargo ship Eskdalegate (1969) showing an electric cable broken during the transfer of a cement coke cargo from a bulk carrier anchored in the Gabon River off Owendo, Gabon. The Munck Transporter was using a grab to distribute the coke in the holds when it ran over its own umbilical electric supply cable which had failed to automatically wind. This is Slide 42 of Captain Henry P. Bird's lecture titled "Lumber, Lorries and Luck", about his service as Second Officer on board the Eskdalegate from 13 November 1976 to May 1977. The lecture consists of 44 out of 45 slides (Slide 1 is missing).

Object Details

ID: PCT15905
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Vessels: Eskdalegate (1969)
Date made: 26 - 31 May 1977
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 28 mm x 28 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm