A distant port bow view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orion (1935) at anchor in Geirangerfjord at Merok, Norway.

A distant port bow view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orion (1935) at anchor in Geirangerfjord at Merok, Norway. Her port anchor is deployed and she has an accommodation ladder rigged to the main deck aft. Number 2 seaboat and number 16 lifeboat have been launched. In the foreground is a 2-storey wooden house under a pitched roof which has grass growing on it. A woman is doing her washing in a large wooden tub in the garden. There are patches of snow on the mountains in the background. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: P84509
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: 163 mm x 117 mm