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Looking forward from the starboard side of the boat deck amidships on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) while in port. (Colour transparency)
A starboard bow view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) coming alongside a wharf at Suva, Fiji Islands. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant starboard bow view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) under tow. (Colour transparency)
The pilot Captain Trowsdale boarding the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) in British waters. (Colour transparency)
A blonde female model standing by the rail on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954). (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant port quarter view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) alongside a wharf at Suva, Fiji Islands. (Colour transparency)
Looking aft from the starboard bridge wing on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) while in port. (Colour transparency)
On board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) during lifeboat drill while under way in the Adriatic. (Colour transparency)
Four Lascars working with the mooring ropes on the forecastle of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954). (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant port quarter view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) alongside a wharf at Suva, Fiji Islands. (Colour transparency)
The pilot Captain Trowsdale boarding the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) in British waters. (Colour transparency)
On board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) while taking on a pilot at Naples, Italy. (Colour transparency)
The 1st class swimming pool on the promenade deck on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger cruise ship Arcadia (1954). (Colour transparency)
A distant bow view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) under way, possibly in Sydney harbour, New South Wales. (Colour transparency)
A port side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) alongside the breakwater at Santa Cruz de Tenerife. (Colour transparency)
A port side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) alongside the breakwater at Santa Cruz de Tenerife. (Colour transparency)
A port bow view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger cruise ship Arcadia (1954) alongside Berths 30-31 on the Itchen Quays, Southampton. (Colour transparency)
A port bow view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger cruise ship Arcadia (1954) alongside Berths 30-31 on the Itchen Quays, Southampton. (Colour transparency)
The passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) in a dry dock in Tilbury Docks, Essex (Negative)
The passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) in the New Dry Dock, Tilbury, Essex. (Negative)
The passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) in the Main Dock, Tilbury, Essex (Negative)
The passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) in a dry dock in Tilbury Docks, Essex (Negative)
In the first class writing room on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954). (Colour transparency)
In the first class cabin B7 on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954). (Colour transparency)
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