Historical information

The photograph is part of a series of six, depicting the Fenris in dry docks in at Finn Boda ship yards, in Stockholm, Sweden, between the 4th and the 27th of May, 1948. This photograph shows the dry docks themselves, including the Fenris and another ship.

Significance

This is a photograph from the Allan Charles Quinn collection which is a collection of letters and photograph depicting aspects of life at sea for a young man in the era immediately following World War II.

Physical description

A black and white photograph of the Finn Boda dry dock, in Stockholm, dated 18-5-49.

Inscriptions & markings

Reverse: FINN BODA STOCKHOLM / 18-5-49 handwritten in blue ink. There is an indecipherable mark below this.