A port broadside view of the Cunard Line passenger liner and cruise ship Mauretania (1907) leaving the Ocean Dock at Southampton.

A port broadside view of the Cunard Line passenger liner and cruise ship Mauretania (1907) leaving the Ocean Dock at Southampton. In the foreground and seen from abaft her starboard beam is the tug Sir Bevois (1916). She is letting off steam which is obscuring the fore part of the Mauretania. Four tugs are in attendance on the Mauretania with the tug/tender Calshot (1930) off her port quarter, Another two unidentified tugs are off the port side and the fourth tug is towing ahead. Negatives numbers P83962 to P83965 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: P83964
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Mauretania (1907); Sir Bevois (1916) Calshot (1930)
Date made: 1930-1932
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 116 mm x 166 mm