A port quarter view of the lighthouse and buoy tender Relume (1979) in a drydock at the Ailsa Shipyard in Troon, Scotland

A port quarter view of the lighthouse and buoy tender Relume (1979) berthed in a dry dock at the Ailsa Shipyard in Troon, Scotland. The photographer is standing on the top of the dry dock looking down and to starboard showing the twin propellers and rudders and the ship's transom. Shipyard men are working on the propellers. Two men with yellow hard hats and one with a blue hard hat are standing on the floor of the dry dock near a metal trestle looking up at the port propeller. The words "Relume London" are painted on the transom of the ship. This is Slide 5 of a lecture titled "World Wide Ship Delivery" given by Captain Henry P. Bird detailing his service as Chief Officer for the delivery of the lighthouse and buoy tender Relume (1979) owned by Middle East Navigation Aids Service from 3 May 1979 to 18 June 1979 and then Chief Officer for the delivery of the lighthouse and buoy tender Relume I (1952) owned by the same company to the ship breakers yard from 18 June 1979 to 30 June 1979. The lecture consists of 30 slides.

Object Details

ID: PCT16168
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bird, Henry P.
Vessels: Relume (1979)
Date made: May 1979
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements: Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm
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