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 starboard side of the boat deck amidships looking forward from abreast cabin lifeboat number 3 showing European and Lascar crew members wearing lifejackets and preparing to lower open lifeboat number 1. Two of the ship's officers are on the starboard bridge wing wearing lifejackets and watching proceedings. A vertical format image. Transparencies numbers PCT1337 to PCT1339 were taken on the same occasion.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT1339 |
|---|---|
| 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 |