The passenger/cargo liner Suecia (1929) and the tug Muria (19320 entering the South Dock Lock, West India Docks, London

A slightly distant port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the passenger/cargo liner Suecia (1929) backing into the South Dock Lock from the South Dock, West India Docks, London, bound out. Assisting at her bow is the tug Muria (1932), seen from only just ahead of her port beam. Another Watkins tug is towing in the lock. The stern of the passenger/cargo liner Carthage Maru (1931) is in the background.

Object details

ID: P37962
Type: Negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Grierson, Alec R.
Vessels: Muria (1932); Suecia 1929
Date made: 4 Mar 1961
People: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd; Cochrane & Sons Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 62 mm x 62 mm