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N91009; A port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) alongside a wharf at Sydney, New South Wales. The photographer is looking across the roadway and quayside to the ship which is loading the main frames of railway rolling stock. The markings of Lyras & Lemos are on the funnel. The bow and the tops of the fore and main masts are out of the picture.
The general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Sydney, New South Wales. (Negative)
N90971; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) berthed at Port Swettenham, Malaya. She is unloading a cargo of railway trucks and wagons and the photographer is looking forward and down into number one hold from the forward superstructure. Two enclosed goods vans are in the hold.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Port Swettenham, Malaya. (Negative)
N91020; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while alongside a wharf at Sydney, New South Wales. The photographer is looking forward and down from above the winch platform into number three hold showing the hold about half full of main frames of railway rolling stock. A number of dockers are in the hold lashing the frames and placing wooden dunnage. Two of the frames have I.G.R. and T. 19.10.0.0. painted on them. Vertical format.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Sydney, New South Wales. (Negative)
N91019; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while alongside a wharf at Sydney, New South Wales. The photographer is looking down from an elevated location on the forecastle into number one hold showing the hold almost full of main frames of railway rolling stock. It looks as if there is space for another two frames. Vertical format.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Sydney, New South Wales. (Negative)
N91018; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while alongside a wharf at Sydney, New South Wales. The photographer is looking down from an elevated location on the forecastle into number one hold showing the cargo of main frames of railway rolling stock. The third layer of frames is being loaded. Vertical format.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Sydney, New South Wales. (Negative)
N90966; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at sea in eastern waters. The photographer is looking aft and to port from the starboard side of the upper deck abreast number two hatch showing the two 5-ton cargo winches amidships between the 5 ton derricks.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at sea in eastern waters. (Negative)
N91086; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) looking forward from the winch platform on the starboard side of the upper deck just ahead of the poop while under way off the Oregon coast bound out from Portland, Oregon. She has a full deck cargo of sawn timber which is securely chained down.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) off the Oregon coast, U.S.A. (Negative)
N91056; Looking up at the centre of the Sydney Harbour bridge, Sydney, New South Wales, from on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) which is passing under it, bound out for Fremantle. The photographer is on the stern of the Empire Elaine (1942) looking forward showing the top of the funnel and the mizzen mast. the funnel has the marking of Lyras & Lemos on it and is making a little bit of smoke.
Sydney Harbour bridge, Sydney, New South Wales (Negative)
N90967; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) in port at Chittagong, East Pakistan. A steel dumb lighter is slung from a 120 ton derrick above number two hold which is open. A chipchase quick release raft is on its skids next the 5 ton derricks amidships. The photographer is looking aft and to starboard from the rear of the forward superstructure.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Chittagong, East Pakistan. (Negative)
N90922; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at sea in eastern waters. The photographer is looking forward from the top of the mizzen mast showing number two hatch and the rear of the bridge. The ship is rolling slightly to port. Vertical format.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at sea in eastern waters. (Negative)
N90962; Two unidentified ship's engineers on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while under way in the South China Sea. They are standing on the starboard side of the boat deck aft and are holding up a banner on which is the wording 'L.O.L. Empire Elaine. Temperance. 0001 with the logo of a ladder either side of a six pointed star'. Negatives numbers N90960 to N90964 inclusive were taken at the same time.
Two engineers with a banner on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while in the South China Sea. (Negative)
N91094; A starboard near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the Norwegian general cargo heavy lift chip Beljeanne (1947) under way in the Panama Canal heading north towards Cristobal. The ship has a full deck cargo of sawn timber which is well chained down and is on a voyage from Vancouver to London.
The Norwegian general cargo heavy lift ship Beljeanne (1947) in the Panama Canal. (Negative)
G3816; EMPIRE ELAINE (1942); A starboard broadside view; Lying at quayside, probably Liverpool, prior to 14 May 1943.
Empire Elaine (1942) (Negative)
N90924; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at sea in eastern waters. The photographer is standing on the starboard side of the bridge deck looking aft and to port with the ship rolling to port. Spare baulks of timber are stowed on deck abreast number two hatch. Vertical format.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at sea in eastern waters. (Negative)
N91082; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) looking forward and down along the centreline from the navigating bridge while near the mouth of the Columbia River bound out from Portland, Oregon. She has a full deck cargo of sawn timber which is securely chained down. Some washing is hanging on a line on the left of the picture. Vertical format.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) on the Columbia River, Oregon, U.S.A. (Negative)
N91055; Looking up at the underside of the Sydney Harbour bridge, Sydney, New South Wales, from on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) which is passing under it, bound out for Fremantle.
Sydney Harbour bridge, Sydney, New South Wales (Negative)
N90979; Indian dock workers transferring coal or ballast from a wooden lighter alongside the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Calcutta. The coal or ballast is being loaded by hand into wicker baskets and carried on the heads of men up sloping boards from the hold of the lighter to its deck and then up more sloping boards to the deck of the Empire Elaine (1942)
Indian dock workers loading coal or ballast onto the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Calcutta. (Negative)
N91016; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while alongside a wharf at Sydney, New South Wales. The photographer is looking down from the bridge into number one hold showing the floor of the hold filled with the main frames of railway rolling stock. Baulks of timber have been laid out on the frames ready for the second layer of frames to be loaded. Vertical format.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Sydney, New South Wales. (Negative)
N90980; A port bow view, taken from the floor of the dock fine off the bow, of the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) dried out in a floating dock in 1947. The only location she visited during 1947 that had a floating dock was Portland, Oregon. She arrived at Portland 13 Aug. from Calcutta via Coos Bay, Oregon, and sailed for the U.K. 20 Aug. 1947.
The general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) in floating dock. (Negative)
N91093; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while on passage in the Panama Canal heading north towards Cristobal. The photographer is looking forward from the starboard side of the bridge deck. The ship has a full deck cargo of sawn timber which is well chained down. Vertical format.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) in the Panama Canal (Negative)
N90927; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at sea in eastern waters. The photographer is standing on the port side of the bridge deck looking aft with the ship rolling slightly to starboard.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at sea in eastern waters. (Negative)
N91021; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while alongside a wharf at Sydney, New South Wales. The photographer is looking down from an elevated location on the forecastle into number one hold showing the hold full of main frames of railway rolling stock. The first of the hatch beams has been replaced. Vertical format.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Sydney, New South Wales. (Negative)
N91089; Looking across a timber loading wharf at Linnton, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., at the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942), seen from abaft her port beam, which is alongside to load sawn timber for Leith, Scotland. As the Willamette River is low, only the forward superstructure, the mainmast and the midship derrick posts of the ship can be seen above the wharf.
The general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) alongside a timber wharf at Linnton, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. (Negative)
N90935; A full length portrait of an unidentified officer on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942). He is in a uniform of short sleeved shirt and trousers. He has shoulder straps which appear to have a stripe on either side of a circle. The man is standing on the upper deck to starboard of number one hatch and the foremast and forecastle are in the background. This may be K J Mills. Vertical format.
An unidentified officer, possibly K J Mills, on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942). (Negative)