The general cargo ship Dan Fodio (1950) and the passenger/cargo liner Calabar (1936) in the Centre Branch Dock of Tilbury Docks, Essex.

A distant starboard bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the general cargo ship Dan Fodio (1950) alongside Berth 9 in the Centre Branch Dock of Tilbury Docks. Ahead of her can be seen the stern of the cargo liner Mary Holt (1959). On the left and seen from dead ahead is the passenger/cargo liner Calabar (1936) at Berth 16. The photographer is on the port side of the poop of the cargo liner Ibadan Palm (1959), looking aft.

Object details

ID: P37739
Type: Negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Grierson, Alec R.
Vessels: Calabar (1936); Dan Fodio (1949)
Date made: 15 Apr 1961
People: Doxford & Sunderland Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd; Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 62 mm x 62 mm