Penarth Dock, South Wales - 150 years - the heritage and legacy  
Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage & legacy . . .

Volume Eight - Pre-Victorian to the present day - more aspects - Pamir and Passat - the end of an era . . .

1950 - 'Pamir' or 'Passat' - Another lofty view of the perhaps the main mast of one or other of these fine vessels.

1950 - 'Pamir' or 'Passat' - Another lofty view of the perhaps the main mast of one or other of these fine vessels. The crows nest would be home to the lookout(s) for their watch and as they passed through the southern ocean waters near Cape Horn it would have been a freezing and uncomfortable experience.

The original photograph is held at the archives of the National Museum of Wales. [Museum item number : 83.124I/1] [629] [20180413]

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