The German airship Graf Zeppelin (1928) in flight passing the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cruise ship Viceroy of India (1929), probably in Baltic or Norwegian waters.

The German airship Graf Zeppelin (1928) in flight passing the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cruise ship Viceroy of India (1929), probably in Baltic or Norwegian waters. The photographer is on board the Viceroy of India looking forward and to starboard from the promenade deck abaft the mainmast. The base of the mainmast is on the left of the picture. The airship is flying low and is seen from below her port quarter. Her registration number is LZ-127. The negative is slightly out of focus.

Object Details

ID: P85458
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Viceroy of India (1929); Graf Zeppelin (1928)
Date made: 1929-1935
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 169 mm
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