A view of Sir Mbarack Hinawy Road in Mombasa, Kenya

A view of Mvita Street in Mombasa, Kenya The photographer is standing on the east side of the street looking north. There are 12 cars parked on the west side of the street extending from the foreground to the background. A partial sign reading "Seini Elelctric" is painted on the side of a building on the western side of the street in the middle ground. The Mandhry Mosque is in the background at the end of the street. The words "Mombasa (Mvita) Street have been written on the mount of the photograph. This is Slide 19 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.

Object Details

ID: PCT16619
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Henry P. Bird
Date made: Between late May 1974 and 3 June 1974
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm