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N90972; The 22 ton electric winch located on the upper deck under the forecastle on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942), looking aft and to starboard.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942). (Negative)
N90955; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) showing an unidentified officer squatting on the aft boat deck with a monkey while in port at Calcutta. The man, who is dressed in short sleeved shirt, shorts and sandals, is said to be the 6th engineer. Two ships, one of which is a passenger/cargo liner, are alongside the Empire Elaine (1942). The photographer is looking to port and slightly aft from the centreline.
An unidentified officer with a monkey on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while in port at Calcutta. (Negative)
N91036; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) in Sydney harbour, New South Wales, while inward bound from Newcastle, New South Wales. The photographer is looking forward from the deck edge on the starboard side of the poop. A two masted sailing vessel is under sail in the background. Slightly unsharp.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Sydney, New South Wales. (Negative)
N91107; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while at sea in the Indian Ocean or the Pacific Ocean with no deck cargo. The photographer is looking forward from the port side of the poop and the ship is rolling slightly to starboard. The date has to be either between 11 Jan. and 7 Feb. 1947 on voyage Calcutta to Sydney, N.S.W. or between 25 Jun. and 30 Jul. 1947 on voyage Calcutta to Coos Bay, Oregon.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at sea in the Indian Ocean or the Pacific Ocean. (Negative)
N90969; 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 from her number two hold and a 26½ tons box van is being swung out by her midships 120 ton derrick. The War Department box van has the number 45967 and the notice 'Not to be loose shunted' on it. The photographer is looking aft and to starboard from the port side rear of the forward superstructure.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Port Swettenham, Malaya. (Negative)
N91015; 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 showing the main frame of a railway rolling stock being positioned in a hold. This may be number one hold from the forecastle or number three hold from the poop. Vertical format.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Sydney, New South Wales. (Negative)
N90943; A study of a snake charmer demonstrating his talent on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) in port at Chittagong, East Pakistan. He is sitting cross legged on a rug, wearing an open turban and heavily patterned skirt-like garment. The Indian cobra is facing him with its hood spread, clearly showing the spectacle pattern on the back of the hood. The man is using a single 6 note pipe, not a traditional bulged pungi, and his snake is on the rug.
A snake charmer on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Chittagong, East Pakistan. (Negative)
N91067; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) passing through the Steel Bridge on the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. The photographer is looking forward from the port side of the poop of the ship. The ship's funnel has Lyras & Lemos markings. The Steel Bridge is a double deck vertical lift bridge taking railway tracks on the lower level and road traffic on the upper level.
The general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) passing through the Steel Bridge, Willamette River, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. (Negative)
N91035; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while alongside a wharf at Sydney, New South Wales. The photographer is looking aft from the forecastle showing the mainmast which has four hoists of random signal flags. This may be to celebrate Anzac Day which is 25 April. A Clarke Chapman 5 ton electric winch is in the foreground. Vertical format.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Sydney, New South Wales. (Negative)
N90958; A study of a snake charmer demonstrating his talent on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) in port at Chittagong, East Pakistan. He is sitting cross legged on a rug, wearing a decorative turban and heavily patterned skirt-like garment draped over his left shoulder. The Indian cobra is facing him with its hood spread, clearly showing the spectacle pattern on the back of the hood.
A snake charmer on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Chittagong, East Pakistan. (Negative)
N90923; 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 with the ship rolling to starboard. 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)
N90997; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while undergoing repairs at Calcutta. The photographer is looking aft and down from the rear of the bridge showing some of the hatch covers removed from number two hold and all of the covers and beams removed from number three hold. The temporary accommodation built on the port side of her upper deck abreast number three hold has been entirely removed.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Calcutta. (Negative)
N90934; A full length portrait of an unidentified officer on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while in port. He is in tropical uniform of short sleeved shirt and shorts. He has shoulder straps with a stripe either side of a circle. This may be K J Mills. The ship appears to have a substantial deck cargo of timber and the trees in the background indicate that this may be in the Panama Canal region, in which case the date would be early Sep. 1947
An unidentified officer, possibly K J Mills, on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while in port. (Negative)
N90994; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while under way in the Indian Ocean bound from Fremantle to Calcutta via Madras. The photographer is on the starboard side of the rear of the bridge deck looking aft and to port. The ship is fully laden with the main frames of railway rolling stock, one of which is marked with the tare weight of 10-10-0-0 (10 tons 10 hundredweight 0 quarters 0 pounds).
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) in the Indian Ocean. (Negative)
N90963; A group of five 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.
Five engineers with a banner on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while in the South China Sea. (Negative)
N90978; Indian dock workers carrying coal or ballast on the starboard side of the upper deck amidships on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Calcutta. The photographer is looking forward and to port from abreast the 5 ton derricks amidships. Vertical format.
Indian dock workers loading coal or ballast on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Calcutta. (Negative)
N91017; 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 two layers of main frames of railway rolling stock. Baulks of timber have been laid out on the frames ready for the third 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)
N90939; A three-quarter length portrait of an unidentified man having a cigarette on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942). He is wearing a shirt with the sleeves rolled up and shorts and is leaning on a guardrail near the base of a mast. He has a cigarette in his left hand and is said to be nicknamed 'Sparks'. Vertical format.
An unidentified man having a smoke on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942). (Negative)
N90976; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while undergoing repairs at Calcutta. The photographer is looking aft from the top of the mainmast. A large number of gas cylinders are stored on number two hatch and most of the hatch beams have been removed from number three hold. The temporary accommodation fitted on either side of the upper deck is being removed. The funnel has the markings of J & C Harison Ltd.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Calcutta. (Negative)
N90960A; 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)
N90942; A study of a snake charmer demonstrating his talent on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) in port at Chittagong, East Pakistan. He is sitting cross legged on a rug, wearing an open turban and heavily patterned skirt-like garment. The Indian cobra is facing him with its hood spread, clearly showing the spectacle pattern on the back of the hood. The man is using a single 6 note pipe, not a traditional bulged pungi, and his snake is on the rug.
A snake charmer on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Chittagong, East Pakistan. (Negative)
N90930; On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while in port, possibly at Sydney, New South Wales. The photographer is a showing the side of a cabin fitted with two bunks. If this is his own cabin it is presumably on the bridge deck of the forward superstructure. Slightly unsharp.
On board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while in port, possibly at Sydney, New South Wales. (Negative)
N90964; 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)
N90993; A port broadside view of part of the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) alongside a wharf at Madras, India. The photographer is on the roof of a quayside building looking to starboard across the top of number two hold. The ship is fully laden with the main frames of railway rolling stock, one of which is marked with the tare weight of 10-10-0-0 (10 tons 10 hundredweight 0 quarters 0 pounds).
The general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Madras, India. (Negative)