A close-up view of the stern of the Orient Line cruise ship Orion (1935) anchored in the Saronic Gulf off Piraeus, Greece.

A close-up view of the stern of the Orient Line cruise ship Orion (1935) anchored in the Saronic Gulf off Piraeus, Greece. The photographer is in a boat off the starboard quarter and nothing of the ship forward of the aft samson posts and derricks is in the picture. Two local boats with lateen sails set plus another two boats being rowed with their lateen sail furled are off the Orion's port quarter. The negative is captioned "Athens".

Object Details

ID: P84411
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: 117 mm x 168 mm