A very distant port broadside view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orion (1935) anchored in Geirangerfjord off Merok, Norway.
A very distant port broadside view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orion (1935) anchored in Geirangerfjord off Merok, Norway. Her port anchor is deployed and she has an accommodation ladder rigged to her main deck aft. A coastal steam or motor vessel is bow-on between the Orion and the village of Merok. The photographer is looking down from the viewpoint at Fydalsjuvet showing the mountain ranges surrounding the fjord and there are snow patches on the mountains. The Geirangelva river is in the centre of the foreground.
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Object Details
ID: | P84443 |
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Type: | Sheet film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Marine Photo Service |
Vessels: | Orion (1935) |
Date made: | 1936-1939 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection |
Measurements: | Overall: 117 mm x 167 mm |