Shipping at the Molo Angioino in the port of Naples, Italy

A distant starboard bow view of the United States Navy destroyer Shaw (1935) berthed on the Molo Angioino in the port of Naples, Italy. The photographer is on board the Orient Line passenger cruise ship Orontes (1929) which is being manoeuvred in the Bacino Angioino with the tug Vesuvio (1931), seen from fine off her starboard quarter, connected to her stern. The hull number of the Shaw is 373 and she is berthed stern-on to the quay with both anchors deployed. The hospital ship Po (1911), seen from off her starboard bow and also moored to the Molo Angioino, is on the right. The Castel Sant Elmo is in the background.

Object Details

ID: P93556
Type: sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Orontes (1929); Vesuvio (1931) Shaw (1935) Po (1911)
Date made: April to June 1937
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 168 mm