A deckhand hosing down the starboard side 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 starboard side 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 aft and slightly to starboard showing a man using an high pressure hose to wash down the starboard aft corner of the forecastle deck.

Object Details

ID: P64342CT
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