A very distant view of the Orient Line passenger cruise ship Orontes (1929) at anchor off the harbour at Castries, St. Lucia, West Indies.
A very distant starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the Orient Line passenger cruise ship Orontes (1929) at anchor off the harbour at Castries, St. Lucia, West Indies. The ship has her aft accommodation ladder deployed. The photographer is looking west-north-west from the coast close to the town showing roughly constructed shanty buildings in the foreground and thin wooden poles are erected along the coast. La Toc is in the left background and the Vigie Peninsula is on the right.
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Object Details
ID: | P94797 |
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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: 117 mm x 169 mm |