A close up view of a corroded crane winch on board the steam turbine tanker Bidford Priory (1960) at sea. The photographer is standing on the starboard side at the rear of the bridge looking aft and slightly to port. A gangway on the centre line extends from just aft of the bridge superstructure to just forward of the rear supstructure. The main deck on the starboard side is heavily rusted. 4 crewman are performing maintenance near the starboard side derrick post in the middle ground. A fifth crewman is descending the stairway from the rearsupstructure on the starboard side. The lifeboats are held in their davits on the boat deck in the background. This is Slide 12 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Second Officer for the steam turbine tanker Bidford Priory (1960) owned by Warwick Tanker Co. Ltd from 2 April 1974 to 16 July 1974. This series consists of 27 slides.