A starboard side view taken looking aft from abreast the bow, of the refrigerated cargo ship Maranga (1972) alongside a quay at Brownsville, Texas.

A starboard side view taken looking aft from abreast the bow, of the refrigerated cargo ship Maranga (1972) alongside a quay at Brownsville, Texas. Maranga's pivot cranes are extended over the quay from the ship. Dockyard buildings and crates are on the left hand side of the image. Two dockyard workers are near the building in the middle and background on the left hand side. A yellow forklift truck is depositing pallets with boxes of oranges ready to load onto the Maranga in the middle ground. Two cars and a distant ship are in the background. The aft white pivot cranes are in the middle ground. This is Slide 12 of a lecture given by Captain Henry P. Bird detailing his service as Second Officer and later temporary Chief Officer on board the refrigerated cargo ship Maranga (1972) owned by Island Fruit Reefers Ltd and on charter to Salenrederierna from 28 September 1974 to 15 November 1974. The lecture consists of 23 slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT15983
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Vessels: Maranga (1972)
Date made: mid to late October 1974
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm
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