A group portrait of four crewman gathered round a table during an evening barbeque on board the container ship Nedlloyd Maretania (1977) at sea

A group portrait of four crewmen gathered round a table during an evening barbeque on board the container ship Nedlloyd Maretania (1977) at sea. Three of the four crewmen are looking at the photographer. The crewman in the light blue shirt and white shorts is John Chow Fat Ming, a Chinese radio officer said to be from Hong Kong. This is Slide 22 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Second Officer for the container ship Nedlloyd Maretania (1977) owned by H. Janssen of Bad Zwischenahn, Germany and chartered by the Royal Nedlloyd Group shipping company of Rotterdam from 9 June 1978 to 26 July 1978. This series consists of 53 slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT16787
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Henry P. Bird
Vessels: Nedlloyd Maretania (1977)
Date made: Between 16 June 1978 and 26 July 1978
People: Ming, John Chow Fat
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm