A close view of the port side of the forward end of the upper part of the superstructure of the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) alongside Berth 101 in the Western Docks at Southampton, Hampshire.

A close view of the port side of the forward end of the upper part of the superstructure of the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) alongside Berth 101 in the Western Docks at Southampton, Hampshire. The ship is flying the Blue Peter from the port yardarm of her foremast. The photographer is looking forward and up from the quayside abreast the midships of the ship showing her number 4 seaboat, the bridge wing and the foremast. A Stothert & Pitt Ltd level luffing crane built at Bath in 1931 dominates the photograph. Berth 101 was opened in 1932. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: P84726
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Orontes (1929)
Date made: 1932-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 166 mm x 116 mm