Photographs of ships and events relating to vessels of the United Baltic Company

A black cloth and cord-bound album with 'photographs' embossed on the bottom right corner. It contains 106 b/w corner-mounted photographs, with evidence of a number of others having been removed. The photographs relate to events and ships of the United Baltic Company.

They cover the following areas of interest:
a) Launch of Baltic Merchant
b) The trials on the Kiel Canal of Baltic Trader
c) The launch of Baltic Trader, 5 May 1954
d) The launch of the Baltic Importer, 15 June 1953 and the trials trip, 7 September 1953
d) Launch, deck views and fitted-out views of Baltic Exporter
e) Views of the Baltrover, including her sinking off Latvia
f) The rather icy voyage of the Baltrader, Feb-March 1951
g) views of Baltic Pine
h) The sinking of Baltavia
i) The icy voyage of the Baltraffic.
j) The officers and engineers of the Palacio, at Valencia, Spain, 1927

Object Details

ID: ALB1510
Type: Photograph album
Display location: Not on display
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 347 mm x 274 mm
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