The British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) loading cargo alongside a wharf in Tilbury Dock, Essex.
The British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) loading cargo alongside a wharf in Tilbury Dock, Essex. The photographer is on a dockside crane looking aft and to starboard from abreast the ship's bridge showing a large wooden crate being swung towards number 3 hatch. A number of crew or stevedores are by the ship's rail or are sunbathing alongside number 3 hatch. A cargo net of sacks is being swung aboard aft. Transparency number P62581CT was taken on the same occasion.
Object details
| ID: | P62580CT |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Owain-Jones, R. E. |
| Vessels: | Chakdara (1951) |
| Date made: | 1960-1971 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 59 mm x 60 mm |