A port bow view of the Orient Line cruise ship Oronsay (1925) at anchor in an unknown location.

A port bow view of the Orient Line cruise ship Oronsay (1925) at anchor in an unknown location. Her starboard anchor is deployed and her port anchor is suspended just above the water. She has an accommodation ladder rigged aft with a boat adjacent to it. Another boat is in the water alongside the hull beneath the bridge. Lifeboats 8 and 16 are swung out and suspended from their falls and seaboat number 4 has been swung out and lowered to boat deck level. The Blue Peter flag is flying from the port yardarm of the foremast. A vertical format negative. Negatives numbers P84531 to P84533 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: P84533
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Oronsay (1925)
Date made: 1925-1936
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 167 mm x 116 mm