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Port bow view of the 'City of Benares' (1936) underway, outward bound, off Cape Town, South Africa.
A port bow view of the passenger cargo/liner City of Benares (1936) underway, outward bound, off Cape Town, South Africa. The ship has been painted grey during her time in Cape Town, as war was declared on 3 September 1939.
She arrived at Table Bay on 16 September 1939 from Karachi and Mumbai (Bombay) and sailed homeward for the UK on 21 September 1939.
She arrived at Table Bay on 16 September 1939 from Karachi and Mumbai (Bombay) and sailed homeward for the UK on 21 September 1939.
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Object Details
| ID: | P1436 |
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| Collection: | Historic Photographs |
| Type: | Sheet film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Murray, Marischal |
| Vessels: | City of Benares (1936) |
| Date made: | 21 September 1939 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Marischal Murray Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 11 mm x 127 mm |