A view looking aft of the foredeck of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea
A view looking aft of the foredeck of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea. The photographer is standing just aft of the bow looking aft. There are two red and white buoys fastened to the starboard side of the foredeck in the foreground. A third buoy is fastened to the foredeck, next to the deckhouse on the starboard side in the middle ground. This is Slide 4 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Watchkeeping Officer on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) owned by the Commercial Cable Company of London from 22 January 1973 to 26 April 1973. The series consists of 62 slides.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT16433 |
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| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Henry P. Bird |
| Vessels: | John W Mackay (1922) |
| Date made: | Between mid February 1973 and late April 1973 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection |
| Measurements: | Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm |