The cargo liner Pacific Fortune (1948) under way in Long Reach, River Thames, passing Purfleet, Essex

A distant port very near broadside view, taken from only just ahead of the beam, of the cargo liner Pacific Fortune (1948) under way bound inward in Long Reach, River Thames. She is lightly laden and some of her derricks are topped. She is passing Purfleet with R H Green & Silley Weir's tank cleaning establishment at Harrison's Wharf in the right background.

Object details

ID: P37579
Type: Negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Grierson, Alec R.
Vessels: Pacific Fortune 1948
Date made: 20 Jul 1963
People: Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 62 mm x 62 mm