The general cargo ship Gatchina (1920) in the Pontoon Dock, Royal Victoria Dock, London.
A port quarter view, taken from the quayside fine off the stern, of the general cargo ship Gatchina (1920) berthed alongside the Hollis Brothers Wharf in the Pontoon Dock off the Royal Victoria Dock, London. She is discharging sawn timber onto four-wheeled carts using her own derricks. In the left background is the D Grain Silo erected in 1920 and now (2012) a Grade II Listed Building.
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Object details
| ID: | P38111 |
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| Type: | Negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Grierson, Alec R. |
| Places: | Royal Victoria Dock |
| Vessels: | Gatchina (1920) |
| Date made: | 19 Sep 1963 |
| People: | R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 62 mm x 62 mm |