Shipping in the bay at Villefranche-Sur-Mer Bay, France

Shipping in the bay at Villefranche-Sur-Mer Bay, France. The photographer is looking south-by-east from high ground above the city showing two Royal Navy heavy cruisers of the London Class at anchor in the bay. They are units of the 1st Cruiser Squadron of the Mediterranean Fleet, are seen from fine off the starboard quarter and have awnings rigged. In the distance and seen from well abaft her starboard beam is the Canadian Pacific Steamships cruise ship Duchess of Atholl (1928) at anchor. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: P96086
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Duchess of Atholl (1928)
Date made: 1930-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 166 mm x 116 mm