A slightly distant starboard bow view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) at moorings in Grand Harbour, Malta.

A slightly distant starboard bow view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) at moorings in Grand Harbour, Malta. She has accommodation ladders rigged to her main deck aft and the shell doors aft of midships. Local boats, an harbour service craft, ship's lifeboats and local dghaisas are alongside the ship. The photographer is in a boat looking south-west-by-west showing Fort St. Angelo on the left and Valletta on the right.

Object Details

ID: P84769
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 166 mm