A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the Orient Line cruise ship Otranto (1925) at anchor in Sognefjord, off Balholm, Norway.

A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the Orient Line cruise ship Otranto (1925) at anchor in Sognefjord, off Balholm, Norway. She has both anchors deployed and an accommodation ladder is rigged to her main deck aft. Some of her lifeboats and seaboat number 3 have been launched. A man is on the rope ladder suspended from the forward well and other men are on her starboard anchor chain. The photographer is on shore and the ship is framed by trees.

Object Details

ID: P84860
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Otranto (1925)
Date made: 1926-1929
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 116 mm x 167 mm