A view of a submarine cable paying out aft of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922)
A view of a submarine cable paying out aft of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922). The photographer is standing on the centre line just forward of the stern sheave looking aft. The stern sheave is in the foreground and the cable is disappearing into the sea. This is Slide 35 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: | PCT16464 |
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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 |