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On board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) looking forward from the port side abreast number 3 hatch while under way at sea. (Colour transparency)
Looking aft and to starboard from the port side of the forecastle on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while under way, probably in the Mediterranean. (Colour transparency)
On board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) looking aft from the forecastle while under way at sea. (Colour transparency)
The Red Ensign flying from the stern of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while under way at sea. (Colour transparency)
Looking aft from the starboard side of the forecastle on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while under way, probably in the Mediterranean. (Colour transparency)
The Red Ensign flying from the stern of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while under way at sea. (Colour transparency)
A deckhand taking tank level measurements on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while at sea, probably in the Mediterranean. (Colour transparency)
A deckhand using a pneumatic chipping hammer on the weather deck on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while at sea, probably in the Mediterranean. (Colour transparency)
In the radio room on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971). (Colour transparency)
Two deckhands hosing down the quarterdeck on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while at sea, probably in the Mediterranean. (Colour transparency)
Two deckhands maintaining the pulley gear on the starboard Stulcken derrick support on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while under way, probably in the Mediterranean. (Colour transparency)
Two crewmen on the port side of the main deck hosing down a deck cargo on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while at sea, probably in the Mediterranean (Colour transparency)
In the radio room on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971). (Colour transparency)
A deckhand using a pneumatic chipping hammer on the weather deck on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while at sea, probably in the Mediterranean. (Colour transparency)
An officer taking a bearing on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while under way, probably in the Mediterranean. (Colour transparency)
In the radio room on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971). (Colour transparency)
Maintaining the cargo derrick pulleys on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while under way at sea. (Colour transparency)
A deckhand taking tank level measurements on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while at sea, probably in the Mediterranean. (Colour transparency)
Two deckhands maintaining the pulley gear on the starboard Stulcken derrick support on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while under way, probably in the Mediterranean. (Colour transparency)
A Coles mobile crane being unloaded from number 2 hold of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) in a British port. (Colour transparency)
A deckhand taking tank level measurements on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while at sea, probably in the Mediterranean. (Colour transparency)
Maintaining the cargo derrick pulleys on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while under way at sea. (Colour transparency)
Two crewmen on the port side of the main deck hosing down a deck cargo on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while at sea, probably in the Mediterranean (Colour transparency)
In the radio room on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971). (Colour transparency)
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