A distant port quarter view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) at anchor off Villefranche, France.

A distant port quarter view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) at anchor off Villefranche, France. Two accommodation ladders are rigged, one to the main deck aft and one to a shell door aft of midships. The photographer is looking south-south-east from the shore with cacti and a tree in the foreground above the enclosed harbour. Cap Ferrat lighthouse is in the left background. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: P84868
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: 168 mm x 117 mm