Man resting on the dockside at the Surrey Commercial Docks

In Surrey Commercial Docks. In the foreground a dock worker is laying by a capstan taking a nap. Wilson's cargo vessel KOTKA (1884) has discharged at the left quay with an unidentified steamer beyond her. In the centre of the dock the Swedish GERD (1907) has a full deck cargo of sawn timber waiting to be discharged.

Object Details

ID: P27551
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1919-1922
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London