The bulk carrier Wilkawa (1964) passing through Calebra Cut on the Panama Canal, Panama

The bulk carrier Wilkawa (1964) passing through Calebra Cut on the Panama Canal, Panama. The photographer is standing on the starboard side of the superstructure looking forward and slightly to port. Both sides of the canal bank are in the fore and middle ground. An unidentified cargo ship is in the background on a reciprocal course. This is Slide 60 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Second Officer on board the motor bulk carrier Wilkawa (1964) owned by Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd of Cardiff, from 17 May 1970 to 26 November 1970. This series consists of 83 slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT16319
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Vessels: Australian City (1964)
Date made: Between July and August 1970
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm