A close-up of the starboard side of the bow of the Italian passenger liner Leonardo Da Vinci (1925) just under way passing through Port Said, Egypt, in service as a troopship. Her decks and rigging are thronged with troops being transported south through the Suez Canal for the Italo-Abyssinian War. She has a Suez Canal light attached to her stem. Negatives numbers P83937 to P83941 inclusive were taken on the same occasion.