Brocklebank's SS Makalla 1

Makalla 1 was built by R Duncan and Co Ltd at Port Glasgow in 1918 and was similar in design to SS Mahratta. She was one of the ships dedicated to the training of their deck apprentices. She became the company's first loss by enemy bombing on 23 August 1940 off the north of Scotland while on route from London to Calcutta. It was considered too dangerous to use the Channel so ships were routed up and around Scotland.
The photograph belongs to Stuart Smith and it is obvious that the negative has been badly scratched in the past.
Photographer unknown.