An image showing 'P37720; A port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the general cargo ship Silvaplana (1956) alongside a berth in the Royal Albert Dock, London. She has three floating grain elevators alongside which obscure everything from her bridge aft. The elevators are the London Harvester I (1954), the John Anderson (1950) and the London Harvester II (1955). They are discharging into lighters.'

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The general cargo ship Silvaplana (1946) and grain elevators in the Royal Albert Dock, London.

A port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the general cargo ship Silvaplana (1956) alongside a berth in the Royal Albert Dock, London. She has three floating grain elevators alongside which obscure everything from her bridge aft. The elevators are the London Harvester I (1954), the John Anderson (1950) and the London Harvester II (1955). They are discharging into lighters.

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Object details

ID:	P37720
Type:	Negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Grierson, Alec R.
Places:	Royal Albert Dock
Vessels:	London Harvester II (1955); John Anderson 1950 London Harvester I (1954) Silvaplana 1956
Date made:	11 Aug 1964
People:	Brodogradiliste "III Maj"; Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd John Samuel White and Co. Ltd
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	62 mm x 62 mm