The cargo liner City of Ely (1943) alongside the Eastern Granary in Millwall Inner Dock, London.

A port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the cargo liner City of Ely (1943) alongside the Eastern Granary in Millwall Inner Dock, London. She has a rope ladder and a number of bosuns chairs over the side, her port anchor is not fully housed and she is light in the water. The starboard bow of the Swedish coaster Cordelia (1955) with a deck cargo of motor cars can be seen on the left. A number of lighters, including one named Valerie, are in the foreground.

Object details

ID: P37517
Type: Negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Grierson, Alec R.
Places: Millwall
Vessels: City of Ely (1943); Cordelia 1955 James Blair 1943
Date made: 15 Oct 1960
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 62 mm x 62 mm