A close view of the spuds on board the suction dredger Marco Polo (1979) while she is under way approaching a gap in the Musandam Peninsula
A close view of the spuds on board the suction dredger Marco Polo (1979) while she is under way approaching a gap in the Musandam Peninsula. The photographer is standing on the centre line ahead of the wheelhouse looking forward showing the three spuds, a pile of planks of wood, canvas covered piles and the forward mast with a navigation light. The Marco Polo is approaching a gap in the Musandam Peninsula, referred to in the photographer's notes as Fakk Al Asad, or the Gut. This is Slide 20 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: | PCT16090 |
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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 |
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