Looking aft from outside the dredging console room on board the suction dredger Marco Polo (1979) while at sea between Singapore and Abu Dhabi

Looking aft from outside the dredging console room on board the suction dredger Marco Polo (1979) while at sea between Singapore and Abu Dhabi. The photographer is just outside the console room on the centreline looking aft showing the cutter shaft, suction pipe, cutter head and the fixed gantry holding the lifting gear.

This is Slide 10 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: PCT16080
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