A port broadside view of the Cunard Line cruise ship Franconia (1923) anchored in Sognefjord, off Balholm, Norway.

A port broadside view of the Cunard Line cruise ship Franconia (1923) anchored in Sognefjord, off Balholm, Norway. She has her port anchor deployed and an accommodation ladder is rigged to a shell door amidships with a boat alongside it. Number 2 lifeboat has been launched and three of her boats are swung out and lowered to promenade deck level. She is in Cunard Line livery of a black hull with white upperworks. There are patches of snow on the mountains in the background.

Object Details

ID: P85391
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Franconia (1923)
Date made: 1929
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 116 mm x 167 mm