The Orient Line passenger cruise ship Orontes (1929) in Bighi Bay, Grand Harbour, Malta
The photographer is on the Upper Barracca looking through an archway above the Saluting Battery showing the Royal Naval Hospital at Bighi in the right background, Fort Rinella in the centre and Fort Ricasoli on the left. At moorings in Bighi Bay is the Orient Line passenger cruise ship Orontes (1929), seen from abaft her port beam. A man and two children are in the foreground looking down on the guns in the Saluting Battery. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
| ID: | P93026 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Sheet film negative. |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Marine Photo Service |
| Vessels: | Orontes (1929) |
| Date made: | 1930-1939 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 166 mm x 116 mm |