Lifeboats from the Orient Line cruise ship Orion (1935) during an exercise in an unknown Baltic port.

Lifeboats from the Orient Line cruise ship Orion (1935) during an exercise in an unknown Baltic port. Two boats are under oars pulling away from the ship and they are manned by members of the crew. The photographer is on board rthe ship looking down from the port bridge wing. The location is almost certainly one of the ports on the south coast of the Baltic. Negatives numbers P84371 to P84377 inclusive were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: P84375
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Orion (1935)
Date made: 1935-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 115 mm x 165 mm