Hoisting timber with a sling on board the bulk carrier London Explorer [ex Overseas Explorer] (1959) berthed at Sembawang, Singapore

Hoisting timber with a sling on board the bulk carrier London Explorer [ex Overseas Explorer] (1959) berthed at Sembawang, Singapore. The photographer is standing on the port side of the upper deck looking forward and slightly to port. The timber wharf with piles of timber, a large number of sheds, two fork lift trucks underway and fields are on the left hand side of the image. The midship superstructure with the port side lifeboat hoisted in its davits is in the middle ground on the right hand side of the image. This is Slide 15 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Second Officer on board the bulk carrier London Explorer [ex Overseas Explorer] (1959), owned by London & Overseas Freighters Ltd. from 11 July 1972 to 16 October 1972. The series consists of 39 slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT16384
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Vessels: London Explorer (1959)
Date made: Between early and mid August 1972
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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