An image showing 'N91000; Looking down from the quayside alongside the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) in an enclosed dock at Calcutta, showing local men on staging and in the water on completion of painting the port quarter of the ship. Men are in the water, on staging or climbing up ropes and a rope ladder. Discarded timber is floating in the dock.'

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The port quarter waterline of the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) at Calcutta.

Looking down from the quayside alongside the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) in an enclosed dock at Calcutta, showing local men on staging and in the water on completion of painting the port quarter of the ship. Men are in the water, on staging or climbing up ropes and a rope ladder. Discarded timber is floating in the dock.

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Object details

ID:	N91000
Type:	Negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Ken J. Mills
Vessels:	Empire Elaine (1942)
Date made:	December 1946 - Early January 1947
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 69 mm x 45 mm