An image showing 'P37953; A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the general cargo ship Stanwear (1956) under way leaving Northfleet Hope, River Thames, bound down. She is lightly laden and her derricks are topped off. She is wearing Billmeir funnel colours. The tug Sun XXV (1963), seen from abaft her starboard beam, is in the foreground. The stern of a flat-iron collier can be seen beyond the Stanwear (1956). Tilbury is in the background.'

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The general cargo ship Stanwear (1956) and the tug Sun XXV (1963) in Northfleet Hope, River Thames, Tilbury, Essex

A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the general cargo ship Stanwear (1956) under way leaving Northfleet Hope, River Thames, bound down. She is lightly laden and her derricks are topped off. She is wearing Billmeir funnel colours. The tug Sun XXV (1963), seen from abaft her starboard beam, is in the foreground. The stern of a flat-iron collier can be seen beyond the Stanwear (1956). Tilbury is in the background.

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Object details

ID:	P37953
Type:	Negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Grierson, Alec R.
Vessels:	Stanwear 1956; Sun XXV 1963
Date made:	24 Jul 1964
People:	William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd; Philip and Son Ltd
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	62 mm x 62 mm