Lifeboat drill on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) at sea.
Lifeboat drill on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) at sea. The photographer is leaning over the port side of the ship's rail looking forward showing lifeboat number 8 manned and lowered to promenade deck level. One of the ship's motor lifeboats is under way. Passengers are lining the rail to watch the proceedings. The horizon is not level. Transparency number P63156CT was taken on the same occasion.
Object Details
| ID: | P63157CT |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Arcadia (1954) |
| Date made: | 1962 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 59 mm x 62 mm |
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