A pilot launch coming alongside the tanker Malwa (1961) at Port Said

A pilot launch coming alongside the tanker Malwa (1961) at Port Said. The photographer is standing on the port side of the tanker looking to port. Two pilot officers are standing just behind the bow of the pilot launch. A motor launch is off the port side of the pilot launch.

This is Slide 64 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: PCT16059
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Vessels: Malwa (1961)
Date made: Pre March 1964
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 24 mm x 35 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm