The cargo liners Royston Grange (1959) and Polydorus (1952) in Gallions Reach, River Thames, Woolwich, London

A distant port quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the cargo liner Royston Grange (1959) under way with a lead tug in Gallions Reach, River Thames, bound out from the Royal Victoria Dock, London. On the left, and also seen from wide off the port quarter, is the Dutch cargo liner Polydorus (1952). A tug and another large cargo ship are on the extreme left of the picture.

Object details

ID: P37631
Type: Negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Grierson, Alec R.
Vessels: Royston Grange 1959; Polydorus (1952)
Date made: 30 Mar 1963
People: R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd; Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 62 mm x 62 mm