Lowering lifeboats on board an unidentified cruise ship while under way at sea.

Lowering lifeboats on board an unidentified cruise ship while under way at sea. The photographer is looking aft and to starboard from amidships just above the boat deck showing lifeboat number 11 being swung out from its cradle above boat 11A. Lifeboat number 13 has been swung out from its cradle above 13A and has been lowered to boat deck level. The lifeboats are all clinker built wooden hulls and boat 11 is fitted with a stowed mast and sail.

Object Details

ID: P85437
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1929-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 168 mm