An image showing 'P37274; A port bow view, taken from high above deck level fine off the bow, of the tanker British Genius (1939) in No. 1 graving dock at Falmouth. She has windsails rigged to ventilate the tanks. Two other tankers are alongside the northern breakwater and a Royal Navy frigate is in No. 2 graving dock. Mr Grierson is looking north-north-west across the harbour from Pendennis Rise. Very slightly unsharp.'

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The tanker British Genius (1939) at Falmouth, Cornwall.

A port bow view, taken from high above deck level fine off the bow, of the tanker British Genius (1939) in No. 1 graving dock at Falmouth. She has windsails rigged to ventilate the tanks. Two other tankers are alongside the northern breakwater and a Royal Navy frigate is in No. 2 graving dock. Mr Grierson is looking north-north-west across the harbour from Pendennis Rise. Very slightly unsharp.

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Object details

ID:	P37274
Type:	Negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Grierson, Alec R.
Vessels:	British Genius (1939)
Date made:	Aug 1951
People:	Doxford & Sunderland Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	62 mm x 64 mm