The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liners Oronsay (1951) and Orsova (1954) alongside a wharf in Tilbury Dock, Essex.

A port side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liners Oronsay (1951) and Orsova (1954) alongside a wharf in Tilbury Dock, Essex. The Oronsay is in the new all-white livery with buff funnel, derricks and mast. The Orsova is still in the original company livery with a corn coloured hull. The bow of the Port of London Authority tug Lea (1946) is in the foreground with three of her crew standing on the foredeck.

Object Details

ID: P62623CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Oronsay (1951); Orsova (1954) Lea (1946)
Date made: 17 April 1964
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 64 mm x 62 mm