A view of 2 crewman handling a repeater at the stern of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at sea. The photographer is stanind on a raised platform on the starboard side of the main deck looking aft and down towards the stern. 2 crewmen are holding the repater in place as it moves down the conveyor towards the stern in the foreground. A thrid crewman is in the middle ground on the right hand side of the conveyor watching the repeater move closer to the stern. The third crewman in the middle ground is the Assistant Master Captain Reynolds This is Slide 19 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Watchkeeping Officer for the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) owned by Commercial Cable Company of London from 16 December 1974 to 21 March 1975. This series consists of 45 slides.