A port broadside view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orion (1935) at anchor in Greek waters.

A port broadside view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orion (1935) at anchor in Greek waters. Her port anchor is deployed, an accommodation ladder is rigged to her main deck aft and one of her motor lifeboats is alongside it. The Blue Peter flag is flying from theport yardarm and the flag of Greece is at the starboard yardarm on the foremast. Lifeboats 16 and 18 and the seaboat number 2 have been launched. Negatives numbers P84339 to P84346, P84496 and P84498 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: P84340
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Orion (1935)
Date made: 1935-1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 168 mm