Repro ID: H3867
Title: Cargo arranged in the hold of the Coromandel (1949).
Description: Stevedores loading railway bogies into the hold of the P&O cargo vessel 'Coromandel' (1949) at the King George V Dock. Cargo loading was a highly skilled undertaking. Goods had to be arranged carefully both to maintain the balance of the ship and to ease the unloading at the various ports en route.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 10 May 1954
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London
