An image showing '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).'

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The general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Madras, India.

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).

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Object details

ID:	N90993
Type:	Negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Ken J. Mills
Vessels:	Empire Elaine (1942)
Date made:	31 May 1947 - 4 June 1947
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 45 mm x 69 mm