Ships at Napier port
Maker
Brebner, Derek Mervyn
Production date
Mar 1946
Current rights
All Rights Reserved
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About this object
High angle photograph of ships at Napier port. The naval vessel is the British light cruiser HMS Belfast which visited Napier on the 8th March 1946. The ship at the front of the photo is the Union Steam Ship collier Poolta discharging coal. She was in port from the 10th - 15th March berthed at Geddis West. Opposite the Belfast is the Kauri which was in port 9th - 13th March. Berthed at Geddis East is the British freighter Darro, she was in port 5th - 21st March.
Photo taken between 10th - 12th March 1946.
Photo taken between 10th - 12th March 1946.
Production date
Mar 1946
Production place
Production period
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph glued to album page
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 108 x 164mm
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
Mar 1946
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 20275
Credit Line
gifted by Margaret Le Grys
Other number(s)
2016/36/2/24, 20275, 94609
Accession number
2016/36/2/24
Public comments
The naval vessel is the British light cruiser HMS Belfast which visited Napier on the 8th March 1946 for a 4 day visit. She is now permanently berthed in the River Thames as a museum ship by the Toer Bridge. The ship nearest the camera is the Union Steam Ship Co collier Poolta discharging coal. She was in port from the 10-15 March Berthed at Geddis West opposite the Belfast is another Union Steam Ship Co vessel, the Kauri. She was in port 9-13 March. Berthed at Geddis East is the British freighter Darro She was in port 5-21 March. On that basis the photo would have been taken between 10-12 March 1946.
- Tony des Landes posted 3 years ago.