A close-up view of a chipping hammer being used on the hull of the Bank Line cargo vessel Inverbank (1924).
A close-up view of a chipping hammer being used on the hull of the Bank Line cargo vessel Inverbank (1924). The person using the hammer is on a stage over the side of the ship but is not in the picture. The photographer, an apprentice serving on board the ship, has captioned this negative "The curse of an apprentice's life! - The Chipping Hammer". The ship was berthed at Buenos Aires at the time. Slide 22 from the "Apprentice Boy", Captain Henry P. Bird's lecture about his life as an apprentice for Bank Line in the period 1937-1941. The lecture consists of 39 slides.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT15770 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Bird, Henry P. |
| Vessels: | Inverbank (1924) |
| Date made: | September 1938 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection |
| Measurements: | Image: 18 mm x 24 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm |
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