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.

Object Details

ID: P94797
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
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