A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Oriana (1960) manoeuvring away from Circular Quay, Sydney.

A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger liner Oriana (1960) manoeuvring away from Circular Quay, Sydney. A shell door is open amidships. She has a white hull and a sheet of metal is welded to the waterline abaft the bow for experimental purposes. Tugs are connected to her bow and stern. The Sydney Harbour Bridge is in the right background and the horizon is not level. Transparencies numbers P62991CT to P62998CT were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: P62991CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Oriana (1960)
Date made: October 1964
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 63 mm x 61 mm