A port side bow view of the cable ship John W. Mackay being loaded with cable berthed in Southampton, United Kingdom. The photographer is standing on the quayside looking east towards the ship. 3 dockyard cranes on the dock off the starboard side of John W. Mackay. a dockyard building and facilities are in the middle ground off the starboard side of the vessel. The cable tanks and gantry of the Standard Telephone and Cables Ltd factory are in the far background on the left side of the image. The word 'APANG', possibly referring to the Australia and Papua New Guinea cable, is written on the card mount by the photographer. This is Slide 3 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 26 November 1975 to 24 April 1976. This series consists of 33 surviving slides.