An image showing 'P37606; A starboard side view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the general cargo ship Diplomat (1953) alongside a berth in the West India Docks, London. She is lightly laden and has a rope ladder deployed over the side leading down to the stumpy spritsail rigged cargo barge Beatrice Maud (1910). Outboard of the barge is a pair of lighters, each laden with wooden crates with the name Ford stencilled on them.'

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The general cargo ship Diplomat (1953) and the spritsail barge Beatrice Maud (1910) in the West India Docks, London

A starboard side view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the general cargo ship Diplomat (1953) alongside a berth in the West India Docks, London. She is lightly laden and has a rope ladder deployed over the side leading down to the stumpy spritsail rigged cargo barge Beatrice Maud (1910). Outboard of the barge is a pair of lighters, each laden with wooden crates with the name Ford stencilled on them.

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Object details

ID:	P37606
Type:	Negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Grierson, Alec R.
Places:	West India Docks
Vessels:	Beatrice Maud (1910); Diplomat (1953)
Date made:	14 Sep 1962
People:	Doxford & Sunderland Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	62 mm x 62 mm