On board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while under way in Grand Harbour, Malta, bound in for the Marsa Docks.

On board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while under way in Grand Harbour, Malta, bound in for the Marsa Docks. The photographer is looking forward and slightly to port from the starboard bridge wing while the ship is turning in The Marsa. The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Taupo (1966), seen from abaft her starboard beam, is alongside the Deep Water Quay. The bow of the Panamanian cargo ship Bellatrix (1969) is on the left. Transparencies numbers P64287CT to P64291CT were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: P64291CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Melita (1971); Taupo (1966) Bellatrix (1969)
Date made: 1976
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 62 mm x 76 mm