A deckhand hosing down the forward part of the forecastle deck on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while at sea, probably in the Mediterranean.

A deckhand hosing down the forward part of the forecastle deck on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while at sea, probably in the Mediterranean. The photographer is looking forward and to starboard showing one man in the bow of the ship using an high pressure hose. A vertical format image.

Object Details

ID: P64341CT
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: 76 mm x 62 mm