Skip to main content
Membership
Donate
Shop
Venue hire
Search
Royal Museums Greenwich
Main navigation
Menu
Royal Museums Greenwich
Search
Close
Plan your visit
Back
Plan your visit
Tickets and prices
Getting here
Accessibility
Family visits
Group visits
School visits
Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark
Open daily 10am-6pm
Last entry 5.15pm
Adult: £18 | Child: £9
Members go free
Free
National Maritime Museum
National Maritime Museum
Open daily 10am-5pm
Last entry 4.15pm
Free entry
Booking recommended
Free
Queen's House
Queen's House
Open daily 10am-5pm
Last entry 4.15pm
Free entry
Booking recommended
Royal Observatory
Royal Observatory
Open daily 10am-7pm
Last entry 6pm
Adult: £18 | Child: £9
Members go free
What's on
Back
What's on
Exhibitions
For families
Member events
Talks and tours
National Maritime Museum
Events and festivals
Matariki
Celebrate the Pacific and Māori New Year and learn about the connections between the stars and Pacific cultures
National Maritime Museum
Family fun
Astronomers Take Over
This brand-new interactive gallery gives curious minds aged 4 to 104 the space to play, learn and explore!
Cutty Sark
Experiences
Cutty Sark Rig Climb
Experience life at sea and climb the rigging of one of London's true icons
Stories
Back
Stories
Maritime history
Space and astronomy
Art and culture
The ocean
Time
Royal history
ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2026 shortlist
Discover a selection of the breathtaking images shortlisted in the global astrophotography competition
250 years of the Declaration of Independence
The National Maritime Museum has put on display one of the earliest British reports of American independence, sent by a naval commander blockading New York
Making Waves: Dr Dawn Wright
Oceanographer and chief scientist Dr Dawn Wright on diving to the deepest part of the ocean – and why we need to stand up for our blue planet
Collections
Back
Collections
Conservation
Research
Donating items to our collection
Collections Online
Search our online database and explore our objects, paintings, archives and library collections from home
The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre
Come behind the scenes at our state-of-the-art conservation studio
Caird Library
Visit the world's largest maritime library and archive collection at the National Maritime Museum
Learn
Back
Learn
Learning resources
School visits and sessions
SEND sessions and resources
Opportunities for teachers
Adult learning
Practitioner residencies
Schools
From astronomy to maritime history, bring your subjects to life with our school sessions and resources
Communities
Explore our groups, programmes and events developed with local and connected communities
Young people
Gain skills and hands-on experience with a range of creative activities, projects and events
Support us
Back
Support us
Become a member
Donate
Corporate partnerships
Become a patron
Leave a legacy
Commemoration and celebration
Our sites
Cutty Sark
National Maritime Museum
Queen's House
Royal Observatory
Membership
Donate
Shop
Venue hire
Search
Beta
Back to all results
Explore our Collection
Objects
Library
Archive
Search our collection
filters…
Search
Item Category
Select…
Item Category
Item Category
Apply Filter
Type
Select…
Type
Type
Colour transparency
Apply Filter
Materials
Select…
Materials
Materials
card (mount)
Polyester negative
Apply Filter
Display Location
Select…
Display Location
Display Location
Not on display
Apply Filter
Creator
Select…
Creator
Creator
Bird, Henry P.
Apply Filter
Places
Select…
Places
Places
Borkum
Leer
Port Sudan
Port Sudan, Red Sea State, Sudan
Suez Canal
Suez Canal, Suez Governorate, Egypt
Apply Filter
Vessels
Select…
Vessels
Vessels
Halaib (1980)
Hellenic Star (1971)
Jaladharma (1957)
Trinkitat (1980)
Apply Filter
People
Select…
People
People
Bird, Henry P.
Apply Filter
Century
Select…
Century
Century
20th
Apply Filter
Date Range
Select…
Date Range
Date From
Select...
1980
Date To
Select...
1900
1980
2900
3101
3200
Apply Filter
Show only:
With images
Applied Filters
Halaib (1980)
Clear all
showing 20 objects results
Sort by
Relevance
Object title/name
Object title/name (desc)
Finding reference
Finding reference (desc)
A port bow view, taken from fine off the bow, of the motor tugs Halaib (1980) and Trinkitat (1980) berthed at Borkum, Germany (Colour transparency)
A close view of a bottle of camel's milk suspended in front of the bow of the motor tug Halaib (1980) during her naming ceremony at Leer, Germany (Colour transparency)
Looking forward over the starboard bulwark from abaft the wheelhouse on board the motor tug Halaib (1980) at sea on her delivery voyage from Germany to Sudan. (Colour transparency)
Looking aft on board the motor tug Halaib (1980) while under way in rough weather (Colour transparency)
A port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the motor tugs Halaib (1980) and Trinkitat (1980) berthed at Borkum, Germany (Colour transparency)
Looking forward from the stern of the motor tug Halaib (1980) while under way at sea on her delivery voyage from Germany to Sudan (Colour transparency)
Four Suez Canal pilot boat crewmen on board the motor tug Halaib (1980) heading south in the Suez Canal. (Colour transparency)
A close view of the Sudanese flag flying from the ensign staff of the motor tug Halaib (1980) while moored to bollards at Ballah Loop in the Suez Canal. (Colour transparency)
A three-quarter length portrait of Captain Henry Bird standing on the quayside in front of the motor tugs Halaib (1980) and Trinkitat (1980) berthed at Borkum, Germany (Colour transparency)
Looking aft from the monkey island on board the motor tug Halaib (1980) at sea (Colour transparency)
A full length portrait of an able seaman named 'Frank' taken on board the motor tug Halaib (1980) at sea (Colour transparency)
A close view of the port bow of the motor tug Trinkitat (1980) and the starboard side of the bow of the motor tug Halaib (1980) during their naming ceremonies at Leer, Germany (Colour transparency)
A bow view, taken from fine off the port bow, of the motor tugs Halaib (1980 and Trinkitat (1980) berthed in the corner of a jetty in Port Sudan, Sudan (Colour transparency)
Looking forward from the port side of the bridge on board the motor tug Halaib (1980) while under way at sea on her delivery voyage from Germany to Sudan (Colour transparency)
A close view of the mast of the motor tug Halaib (1980), taken from the forecastle, while the vessel is under way in the Suez Canal area. (Colour transparency)
On board the motor tug Halaib (1980) under way in the Suez Canal (Colour transparency)
A starboard bow view of the motor tug Halaib (1980) alongside a quay during its naming ceremony at Leer, Germany (Colour transparency)
A stern view, taken from fine off the starboard quarter, of the motor tugs Halaib (1980) and Trinkitat (1980) berthed at Borkum, Germany (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the motor tug Halaib (1980) underway during trials in Port Sudan (Colour transparency)
Looking forward from the starboard side of the bridge on board the motor tug Halaib (1980) while under way at sea on her delivery voyage from Germany to Sudan. (Colour transparency)
Loading filters
Royal Museums Greenwich
Close
Search
Want to search our collection? Search here.
Back to top