The tanker loading berth at Mina-Al-Ahmadi, Kuwait

The tanker loading berth at Mina-Al-Ahmadi, Kuwait. The photographer is on shore looking eastwards towards the loading berth. The quayside is in the foreground and an oil tank is on the right hand side. An unidentified oil tanker, seen from off her starboard beam, is berthed alongside a jetty in the background. A partial view of the aft section of a second unidentified oil tanker is in the background on the right hand side.

This is Slide 22 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: PCT16016
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
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