A distant starboard side view of the passenger liner Orontes (1929) under way in the Solent

A distant starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the passenger liner Orontes (1929) under way in the Solent, probably near the end of her final voyage from Australia. The photographer was on board the Vosper Ltd private venture fast patrol boat Ferocity (1959).

Object Details

ID: PM7502/3A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Orontes (1929)
Date made: January - February 1962
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 226 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm