A distant starboard broadside view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) at anchor in Geirangerfjord off Merok, Norway.

A distant starboard broadside view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) at anchor in Geirangerfjord off Merok, Norway. She has an accommodation ladder rigged to a shell door aft with a boat alongside it and lifeboat 17 has been launched. One of the ship's boats is heading for the shore. The photographer is on shore looking down a hillside road between trees. There are patches of snow on the mountains in the background.

Object Details

ID: P84713
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Orontes (1929)
Date made: 1930-1937
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 167 mm