On board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) during lifeboat drill while under way in the Adriatic.

On board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) during lifeboat drill while under way in the Adriatic. The photographer is on the port side of the boat deck looking aft from under the bridge wing showing two Lascar crew members standing in boat number 2 as it is being lowered to deck level. They are wearing lifejackets. The other port side boats have been lowered below deck level. A vertical format image. Transparencies numbers PCT1337 to PCT1339 were taken on the same occasion.

Object Details

ID: PCT1338
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Arcadia (1954)
Date made: 1959-1970
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 40 mm x 35 mm