A view looking forward of cable buoys on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea. The photographer is standing on the port side of the forward end of the boat deck underneath the wheelhouse looking forward. a orange and white and two red and white cable buoys are fastened to the foredeck on the port side. A third red and white cable buoy is held by a boom over the port side of the ship. 1 crewman is standing up on the rigging looking down at 5 crewmen holding a rope aloft whilst a sixth attached the rope to the end of a cable buoy in the foreground. The bow sheaves and gantry are in the background. This is Slide 19 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.