Shipping in the docks at Falmouth, Cornwall.
Shipping in the docks at Falmouth, Cornwall. The photographer is looking west from an elevated vantage point by Number 1 graving dock showing a Trident tanker in No. 2 graving dock, a Federal Steam Navigation Company cargo liner in No. 3 graving dock and a British Petroleum Company tanker in No. 4 graving dock. The bow of the tanker British Duchess (1958) is alongside the Western Breakwater. A Royal Navy repair ship of the Resource class (1967) has her stern to the camera.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT1666 |
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| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | British Duchess (1958) |
| Date made: | 1969-1971 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 40 mm |