An image showing 'P37603; A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the general cargo ship Author (1958) alongside a berth in the West India Docks, London. She has two rope laddres deployed over the side and there are lighters rafted up outboard of her forward and aft. She is on bareboat charter to the Charente Steamship Co Ltd and is wearing the livery of T & J Harrison Ltd.'

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The general cargo ship Author (1958) in the West India Docks, London.

A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the general cargo ship Author (1958) alongside a berth in the West India Docks, London. She has two rope laddres deployed over the side and there are lighters rafted up outboard of her forward and aft. She is on bareboat charter to the Charente Steamship Co Ltd and is wearing the livery of T & J Harrison Ltd.

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Object details

ID:	P37603
Type:	Negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Grierson, Alec R.
Places:	West India Docks
Vessels:	Author (1958)
Date made:	31 Mar 1962
People:	Doxford & Sunderland Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	62 mm x 62 mm