A slightly distant port very near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the Orient Line cruise ship Orcades (1937) at anchor off Alexandretta, Turkey.

A slightly distant port very near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the Orient Line cruise ship Orcades (1937) at anchor off Alexandretta, Turkey. Her port anchor is deployed and an accommodation ladder is rigged at the aft shell door. The photographer is on shore looking to seaward with pineapple palm trees in the foreground. A few people are in the foreground. An unidentified cargo ship is in the left background and a tanker is in the right background.

Object Details

ID: P84136
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Orcades (1937)
Date made: 1937-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 116 mm x 167 mm