The Torpoint Ferry at the Torpoint slipway, Cornwall.

A port bow view of one of the Torpoint chain ferries at the Torpoint slipway with her bow ramp down. A line of motor cars are yet to disembark. The nearest motor car is registered WD7428. There were three ferries in service at the time, numbered 1, 2 and 3, and they were identical sisters. it is not known which of the three this is.

Object details

ID: P37461
Type: Negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Grierson, Alec R.
Vessels: Torpoint Ferry (1925 or 1926)
Date made: Aug 1936
People: Philip and Son Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 62 mm x 62 mm