A port broadside view of the Federal Line cargo liner Cumberland (1948) at moorings in Grand Harbour, Malta.

A port broadside view of the Federal Line cargo liner Cumberland (1948) at moorings in Grand Harbour, Malta. She is moored off French Creek and has an accommodation ladder rigged amidships. Drawn up on shore near Pinto Wharf, Floriana, is the dghaisa Sea Hunt with the number F.671 painted on her bulwark. She has an highly decorated bow with a mermaid or merman on either side of the stem above a gold painted band that has an eye incorporated on each side. The hull is painted blue and a coat of arms emblem is on either side of the bow. The coat of arms on the port bow features a white bird but the one on the starboard bow has a black centre image. The Admiralty Floating Dock No. 35 is on the right of the picture and she was towed away to La Spezia in June 1965.

Object Details

ID: P63764CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Cumberland (1948); Sea Hunt (Fl. 1960)
Date made: 1960-1965
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 66 mm x 62 mm