A view of the cable tanks and loading gantries taken on board the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) at the docks of Southampton, United Kingdom. The deck rails of the ship are in the foreground. The blue overhead gantry carrying the cable extends from the foreground into the background. Railway tracks are in the foreground. A worker is standing at the top of the gantry in the foreground. 12 cars are parked underneath the gantry in the middle ground. A red brick bulding and a partial view of the cable tanks is in the background. This is Slide 5 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Watchkeeping Officer for the cable ship John W. Mackay (1922) owned by Commercial Cable Company of London from 26 November 1975 to 24 April 1976. This series consists of 33 surviving slides.