An image showing 'P37749; Looking down into the King George V Dry Dock, London, from the top of the dock abeam the stern showing a close detail of the port shaft swell and propeller of the cargo liner Port Chalmers (1933) undergoing repairs. The propeller has been removed from the shaft and lowered and one of its blades has a tip damaged. A gang of men are working on the shaft from a scaffold platform.'

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The cargo liner Port Chalmers (1933) repairing her port shaft and propeller in the King George V Dry Dock, London

Looking down into the King George V Dry Dock, London, from the top of the dock abeam the stern showing a close detail of the port shaft swell and propeller of the cargo liner Port Chalmers (1933) undergoing repairs. The propeller has been removed from the shaft and lowered and one of its blades has a tip damaged. A gang of men are working on the shaft from a scaffold platform.

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Object details

ID:	P37749
Type:	Negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Grierson, Alec R.
Vessels:	Port Chalmers 1933
Date made:	2 Mar 1963
People:	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	62 mm x 62 mm