A port broadside view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orcades (1937) at anchor in an unknown location.

A port broadside view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orcades (1937) at anchor in an unknown location. Her port anchor is deployed and she has an accommodation ladder rigged at the aft shell door. The photographer is on board one of the ship's motor boats looking forward and in the foreground one of the boat's crew is sitting on the forward starboard gunwhale looking towards the ship.

Object Details

ID: P84139
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: 117 mm x 168 mm