The town of Nassau, Bahamas, with a Duchess class passenger cruise ship anchored offshore beyond Paradise Island.

The town of Nassau, Bahamas, looking from the Water Tower with the signal mast of Fort Fincastle in the left foreground. Christ Church Anglican Church and the New Colonial Hotel or the British Colonial Hotel (renamed in 1932) are on the left. In the middle distant is the Nassau Harbour lighthouse on the western end of Paradise Island. Beyond Paradise Island is a Canadian Pacific Steamships Duchess class (1928) passenger cruise ship at anchor and viewed from off the starboard beam. On the right is a Canadian National Steamships passenger/cargo liner alongside a wharf.

Object Details

ID: P93730
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Duchess of Atholl (1928); Duchess of Bedford (1928) Duchess of Richmond (1928)
Date made: 1930-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 169 mm