The cargo liner Port Pirie (1947) unloading frozen lamb in the King George V Dock, London

A badly obscured port bow view, taken from across a quay wide off her bow, of the cargo liner Port Pirie (1947) discharging a cargo of frozen lamb at a berth in the King George V Dock, London. The ship is hidden behind a row of dockside cranes and a Port Line Ltd road vehicle. Gangs of stevedores are transferring the lamb carcasses from the quayside into lighters.

Object details

ID: P37751
Type: Negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Grierson, Alec R.
Vessels: Port Pirie 1947
Date made: 15 Apr 1961
People: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 62 mm x 62 mm