The cargo liner City of Exeter (1953) with the tug Racia (1930) in the South Dock, West India Docks, London.

A slightly distant port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the cargo liner City of Exeter (1953) in the South Dock, bound in for the West India Docks, London. The tug Racia (1930), seen from fine off her port bow, is towing the liner. On the dockside is a row of dockside cranes being erected with the assistance of the heavy lift crane London Mammoth (1926).

Object details

ID: P37515
Type: Negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Grierson, Alec R.
Vessels: Dilwara (1930); City of Exeter (1953)
Date made: 12 Sep 1964
People: Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd; Cochrane & Sons Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 62 mm x 62 mm