A just off port bow view of the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) berthed in Curacao. The photographer is standing on the quayside looking to the port bow of the ship. A partial view of 5 lorry trailers are on the quayside of the starboard side of John W. Mackay. An unidentified cargo ship is berthed off the starboard side of John W. Mackay. There are mountains in the background in the top right corner of the image. This is Slide 30 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Watchkeeping Officer on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) owned by the Commercial Cable Company of London from 22 January 1973 to 26 April 1973. The series consists of 62 slides.