A raft of sapele logs floating down the River Benin to the timber sawmill at Sapele, Nigeria.

A raft of sapele logs floating down the River Benin to the timber sawmill at Sapele, Nigeria. Three men are on the raft and a dugout canoe is tied alongside. A man fishing from a dugout canoe is in the foreground. This is Slide 1 of Captain Henry P. Bird's lecture titled "Fort Chambly (1977)", about his service as Second Officer on board the Fort Chambly (1961) from Sapele, Nigeria, to Montreal, Canada, 28 November 1977 to 4 January 1978. The lecture consists of 18 slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT15909
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Date made: early December 1977
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 28 mm x 28 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm