An image showing 'N90938; A portrait of an unidentified man engaged in splicing rope on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while at sea. He is wearing a short sleeved shirt, shorts, hat and sandals and is sitting on a pile of canvas at the aft end of the boat deck. He is splicing an eye into the end of a rope. A number of steel oil drums are stowed on deck abaft the port lifeboat. Vertical format.'

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An unidentified man splicing rope on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at sea.

A portrait of an unidentified man engaged in splicing rope on board the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) while at sea. He is wearing a short sleeved shirt, shorts, hat and sandals and is sitting on a pile of canvas at the aft end of the boat deck. He is splicing an eye into the end of a rope. A number of steel oil drums are stowed on deck abaft the port lifeboat. Vertical format.

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Object details

ID:	N90938
Type:	Negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Ken J. Mills
Vessels:	Empire Elaine (1942)
Date made:	July 1946 - September 1947
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 70 mm x 45 mm