Three traditional Arab boats at moorings close to the shore at Mina-al-Ahmadi, Kuwait

Three traditional Arab boats at moorings close to the shore at Mina-al-Ahmadi, Kuwait. The photographer is standing on the shore and the starbaord side of one of the boats is in the foreground on the right. A Kuwaiti is on board the larger boat. Two smaller boats are moored near the stern of the larger vessel. The distillation plant at Mina-al-Ahmadi is in the background. This is a duplicate transparency.

This is Slide 49 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: PCT16044
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Date made: pre March 1964
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 35 mm x 38 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm