A view of the grading boxes on board the sand suction dredger Sand Skua (1971) berthed in Shoreham by Sea, West Sussex. The photographer is standing on the port side of the upper deck looking down and forward. A unidentified cargo ship is berthed forward off the bow of Sand Skua.An unidentified general cargo ship is berthed on the opposit bank of Shoreham Harbour off the starboard side of Sand Skua. Cranes and port buildings extending from the foreground to the background are on the quayside off the port side of Sand Skua This is Slide 36 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as supernumerary Second Officer on board the sand suction dredger Sand Swan (1970) and eventually Chief Officer on the sand suction dredger Sand Skua (1971) owned by the South Coast Shipping Co. Ltd. from 6 May 1973 to 27 June 1973.