Containers being worked on board the container ship Seatrain Valley Forge (1978) berthed at Kowloon, Hong Kong

Containers being worked on board the container ship Seatrain Valley Forge (1978) berthed at Kowloon, Hong Kong. The photographer is on the port side of the bridge looking forward and to starboard. A crane is lifting or lowering a container at a hold amidships on the starboard side. Numbers painted on the front and side of the hold show the container is being worked at number 03 bay in hold 19 and 20. Kwung Tong and the Kwung Tong Promenade is in the background.

This is Slide 23 of a lecture given by Captain Henry P. Bird detailing his service as Relief Second Officer on board the container ship Seatrain Valley Forge (1978) owned by Marejet Bereiderung GMBH & Co. from 23 November 1979 to 7 February 1980. The lecture consists of 25 slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT16116
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Vessels: Seatrain Valley Forge (1978)
Date made: Between November 1979 and February 1980
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm