An image showing 'P37889; A port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the passenger/cargo liner Amazon (1959) being towed stern first down the Royal Albert Dock from the Royal Victoria Dock, London, bound out. The tug at the stern is the Sun XXV (1963) with the tug Sun XXIV (1962) alongside amidships, both seen from off the starboard quarter. Connected to the Amazon's bow is the new tug Platoon (1965), seen from off her port bow.'

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The passenger/cargo liner Amazon (1959) and the tugs Sun XXV (1963), Sun XXIV (1962) and Platoon (1965) in the Royal Albert Dock, London.

A port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the passenger/cargo liner Amazon (1959) being towed stern first down the Royal Albert Dock from the Royal Victoria Dock, London, bound out. The tug at the stern is the Sun XXV (1963) with the tug Sun XXIV (1962) alongside amidships, both seen from off the starboard quarter. Connected to the Amazon's bow is the new tug Platoon (1965), seen from off her port bow.

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Object details

ID:	P37889
Type:	Negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Grierson, Alec R.
Places:	King George V Dock
Vessels:	Amazon (1959); Platoon 1965 Sun XXIV 1962
Date made:	23 Jul 1965
People:	Harland & Wolff Ltd; Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd James Pollock & Sons Co Ltd
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	62 mm x 62 mm