Looking across the Canal de Sete to the Grand Hotel on Quai de Tassigny in Sete, France

Looking across the Canal de Sete to the Grand Hotel on Quai de Tassigny in Sete, France. The photographer is standing on a bridge on the opposite side of the canal looking north towards the Grand Hotel which has a roof-mounted sign that reads "Le Grand Hotel". A number of small craft are berthed along both sides of the canal. A bridge crossing the canal is in the background.

This is Slide 18 of a lecture titled "World Wide Ship Delivery" given by Captain Henry P. Bird detailing his service as Chief Officer on board the motor coaster Sea Avon (1977) owned by Freight Express Seacon Ltd of London from 11 July 1977 to 9 September 1977. The lecture consists of 22 slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT16159
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Date made: September 1977
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm