A view of the cable tanks and loading gantries at the docks of Southampton, United Kingdom
A view of the cable tanks and loading gantries at the docks of Southampton, United Kingdom. The blue overhead gantry carrying the cable extends from the foreground into the background. The word 'Australia Papua New Guinea', possibly referring to the Australia and Papua New Guinea cable, is written on the card mount by the photographer. This is Slide 4 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: | PCT16718 |
|---|---|
| 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 |