Looking forward from inside the wheelhouse on board the suction dredger Marco Polo (1979) while under way at sea

Looking forward from inside the wheelhouse on board the suction dredger Marco Polo (1979) while under way at sea. Three 200ft steel tubes (also known as spuds) are lying transversely along the forward part of the vessel.

This is Slide 5 of a lecture given by Captain Henry P. Bird detailing his service as Navigator on board the suction dredger Marco Polo (1979) owned by Jan De Nul from 11 February 1981 to 3 March 1981. The lecture consists of 23 slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT16075
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Vessels: Marco Polo (1979)
Date made: February 1981
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm