A view of the Suez Canal signal station at El-Kabrit Air Force Base taken on board the tanker Malwa (1961)
A view of the Suez Canal signal station at El Kabrit (also known as Al-Kabrit and Al Kibrit) Air Force Base taken from on board the tanker Malwa (1961). The photographer is standing on the starboard side of the ship looking to starboard. 3 houses are in the middle ground on the river bank. A small jetty with a cabin is on the right hand side of the image. A mooring buoy is in the water in the foreground. There is a large group of trees behind the houses. A tall signal mast is in the background. Mountains are in the distant background. This is Slide 13 of a lecture given by Captain Henry P. Bird detailing his service as Senior Second Officer and Navigator on board the tanker Malwa (1961), owned by the P&O Group, from 14 November 1963 to 9 March 1964. The lecture consists of 75 slides.
Object Details
ID: | PCT16007 |
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Type: | Colour transparency |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Bird, Henry P. |
Vessels: | Malwa (1961) |
Date made: | November 1963 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection |
Measurements: | Image: 35 mm x 38 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm |
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