A view of the Suez Canal signal station at El Kabrit (also known as Al-Kabrit and Al Kibrit) Air Force Base taken from on board the container ship Nedlloyd Maretania (1977)
A view of the Suez Canal signal station at El Kabrit (also known as Al-Kabrit and Al Kibrit) Air Force Base taken from on board the container ship Nedlloyd Maretania (1977). A small jetty with a cabin is on the left side of the image. A small pontoon bridge extends out from the bank of the signal station into the canal. 7 small buildings and a pylon are in the middle of the image. A town is in the far background. This is Slide 33 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: | PCT16798 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Henry P. Bird |
| Vessels: | Nedlloyd Maretania (1977) |
| Date made: | Between 30 June 1978 and 26 July 1978 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection |
| Measurements: | Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm |
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