Two deckhands hosing down the quarterdeck on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while at sea, probably in the Mediterranean.

Two deckhands hosing down the quarterdeck on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while at sea, probably in the Mediterranean. The photographer is looking aft and to starboard from the centreline of the upper accommodation deck showing one of the men hosing in the starboard aft corner of the deck while the other is using a broom near the scuppers. The starboard mooring winch is in the foreground. Transparencies numbers P64331CT and P64337CT were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: P64333CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Melita (1971)
Date made: 1976
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 62 mm x 74 mm