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A port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) at moorings in Grand Harbour, Malta
A port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) at moorings in Bighi Bay, Grand Harbour, Malta. She has an accommodation ladder rigged aft and four of her boats are rafted alongside it. Harbour lighters are alongside amidships. The photographer is looking east from the Lower Barrakka Gardens in Valletta showing Fort Ricasoli on the left and Bighi Royal Navy Hospital on the right.
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Object Details
| ID: | P84763 |
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| Type: | Sheet film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Marine Photo Service |
| Vessels: | Orontes (1929) |
| Date made: | 1930-1939 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 116 mm x 167 mm |