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An image showing 'P38053; A slightly distant port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the general cargo ship Persian Roxana (1953) being towed stern first in the South Dock, West India Docks, London, bound out. Her derricks are stowed and she has the words Persian Shipping Services painted in large letters on her hull amidships. Connected to her bow is the tug Crested Cock (1935), seen from well ahead of her port beam.'
An image showing 'P38053; A slightly distant port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the general cargo ship Persian Roxana (1953) being towed stern first in the South Dock, West India Docks, London, bound out. Her derricks are stowed and she has the words Persian Shipping Services painted in large letters on her hull amidships. Connected to her bow is the tug Crested Cock (1935), seen from well ahead of her port beam.'
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The general cargo ship Persian Roxana (1953) and the tug Crested Cock (1935) in the South Dock of the West India Docks, London.

A slightly distant port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the general cargo ship Persian Roxana (1953) being towed stern first in the South Dock, West India Docks, London, bound out. Her derricks are stowed and she has the words Persian Shipping Services painted in large letters on her hull amidships. Connected to her bow is the tug Crested Cock (1935), seen from well ahead of her port beam.
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Object details

ID: P38053
Type: Negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Grierson, Alec R.
Places: West India Docks
Vessels: Appledore (1953); Persian Roxana (1953)
Date made: 11 Jul 1964
People: William Gray & Company Ltd, William; Alexander Hall & Co Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 62 mm x 62 mm