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 to the left of centre. In the middle distant is the Nassau Harbour lighthouse on the western end of Paradise Island and beyond Paradise Island is a Canadian Pacific Steamships Duchess class (1928) passenger cruise ship at anchor and viewed from off the starboard beam. A derrick lighter, possibly No. 23 Munson Lines, is under tow on the right.

Object Details

ID: P93756
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: 116 mm x 160 mm
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