A slightly distant starboard broadside view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orcades (1937) at anchor off Abbazia, Italy.

A slightly distant starboard broadside view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orcades (1937) at anchor off Abbazia, Italy. Her port anchor is deployed and an accommodation ladder is rigged at the aft shell door. The ship's lifeboat number 6 is underway in the foreground taking a group of passengers to the shore for an excursion. Abbazia, in the north end of the Adriatic on the east side, was an Italian port from 1920 to 1947.

Object Details

ID: P84148
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
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