A pallet with boxes of oranges being lowered by pivot crane into the hold through an open hatch of the refrigerated cargo ship Maranga (1972) alongside a quay at Brownsville, Texas
A pallet with boxes of oranges being lowered by pivot crane into the hold through an open hatch of the refrigerated cargo ship Maranga (1972) alongside a quay at Brownsville, Texas. The photographer is standing in the hold looking upwards toward the pallet that is being lowered. A perforated wooden screen lines the upper and lower holds in the background. This is Slide 17 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: | PCT15988 |
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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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