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documentary artifact: photonegative, film
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water transport: cargo vessel: liner, cargo
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel: liner, cargo & passenger
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel: refrigerated carrier
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An aerial view of the British India Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Dumra (1946) and cargo liners Chantala (1950) and Chakdara (1951) anchored together off Muscat, Oman. (Colour transparency)
The British India Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Kampala (1947) and the cargo liners Padana (1945) and Chakdara (1951) alongside the wharves at Mombasa, Kenya. (Colour transparency)
An aerial view of the British India Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Dumra (1946) and cargo liners Chantala (1950) and Chakdara (1951) anchored together off Muscat, Oman. (Colour transparency)
Number one hold on board the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) in Tilbury Dock, Essex. (Colour transparency)
The British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) working cargo in Barry Docks, South Wales. (Colour transparency)
The British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) working cargo in Barry Docks, South Wales. (Colour transparency)
A port midship detail of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) working cargo in Tilbury Dock, Essex. (Colour transparency)
A port quarter view of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) working cargo in Tilbury Dock, Essex (Colour transparency)
An aerial view of the British India Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Dumra (1946) and cargo liners Chantala (1950) and Chakdara (1951) anchored together off Muscat, Oman. (Colour transparency)
A port bow view of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) working cargo in Tilbury Dock, Essex. (Colour transparency)
Looking down into number four hold on board the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) in Tilbury Dock, Essex. (Colour transparency)
A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) at moorings in Trincomalee harbour, Sri Lanka. (Colour transparency)
The British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) loading cargo alongside a wharf in Tilbury Dock, Essex. (Colour transparency)
The British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) working cargo in Barry Docks, South Wales. (Colour transparency)
An aerial view of the British India Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Dumra (1946) and cargo liners Chantala (1950) and Chakdara (1951) anchored together off Muscat, Oman. (Colour transparency)
A port side view of the afterpart of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) working cargo in Tilbury Dock, Essex. (Colour transparency)
Cargo being lowered into number three hold on board the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) in Tilbury Dock, Essex. (Colour transparency)
A port midship detail of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) working cargo in Tilbury Dock, Essex. (Colour transparency)
An on board detail showing cargo being loaded into number four hold of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) in Tilbury Dock, Essex. (Colour transparency)
The passenger/cargo liner Athenic (1947) in the Royal Albert Dock, London (Negative)
A port bow view of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) alongside a quay at Sunderland, Durham. (35mm negative)
The British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) unloading a cargo of Tanganyika sisal at Sunderland, Durham. (35mm negative)
Close alongside the port side of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) during the unloading of a cargo of Tanganyika sisal at Sunderland, Durham. (35mm negative)
A view of the port side, from very close to the bow, of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) alongside a quay at Sunderland, Durham. (35mm negative)
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