P&O Strathmore

Nice old photo of a good old ship, is there any comment on what is happening with the sizeable ship along side her.
Could it be that she is being refueled ?.
Cheers
Ted

The Strathmore looks like shes new in this picture' so it could be a bunker ship in some far off port...

When new didn't the Straths have more than one funnel?

I think that More built 35, Eden built 37 and Allan built 37 were each built with with one funnel each.
Naver built 31 and Aird built 33 both built with 3 funnels and converted to one funnel each in 1950 and 1948 respectively.
Allan didn't survive WW2
Cheers
Ted

Only the Strathnaver & Strathaird 1931/32 had 3 funnels through to being refitted after the War. Strathallan,Stratheden and Strathmore 1935 - 1938 only ever had a single stack