A port side bow view of the cable ship John W. Mackay being loaded with cable berthed in Southampton, United Kingdom
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. The cable tanks and gantry of the Standard Telephone and Cables Ltd factory are in the far background on the left side. 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.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT16717 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Henry P. Bird |
| Date made: | Between 26 November 1975 and 14 December 1975 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection |
| Measurements: | Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm |