An officer taking a bearing on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while under way, probably in the Mediterranean.

An officer taking a bearing on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Melita (1971) while under way, probably in the Mediterranean. The photographer is on the port side bridge wing looking forward and slightly to port showing the officer using the bearing compass and looking to port towards the sun which is low in the sky. A vertical format image. Transparencies numbers P64571CT to P64573CT were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: P64573CT
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: 74 mm x 61 mm