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An image showing 'P92981; The Lower Barracca Gardens and Fort St. Elmo, Valletta, Malta. The photographer is looking north-by-west from a vessel in Bighi Bay, probably the Orient Line passenger cruise ship Orontes (1929), showing two dghaisas in the foreground. The motor lifeboat from the Orontes (1929) is towing a line of fully manned lifeboats into the harbour at the end of a lifeboat drill. The lifeboat crews have their oars tossed.'
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The Lower Barracca Gardens and Fort St. Elmo, Valletta, Malta

The Lower Barracca Gardens and Fort St. Elmo, Valletta, Malta. The photographer is looking north-by-west from a vessel in Bighi Bay, probably the Orient Line passenger cruise ship Orontes (1929), showing two dghaisas in the foreground. The motor lifeboat from the Orontes (1929) is towing a line of fully manned lifeboats into the harbour at the end of a lifeboat drill. The lifeboat crews have their oars tossed. The lighthouse on Fort St. Elmo is on the right.
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Object details

ID: P92981
Type: Sheet film negative.
Materials: Cellulose nitrate negative; Photographic reproduction
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Vessels: Orontes (1929)
Date made: August 1936
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 116 mm x 167 mm