Port bow view of the 'City of Benares' (1936) underway, outward bound, off Cape Town, South Africa.

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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.

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Object Details

ID:	P1436
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