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An image showing 'P93131; The town of Saint Pierre, Martinique. The photographer is on board a passenger cruise ship looking towards the shore showing one of the ship's boats heading for the shore. To the left of centre in the town is the Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Assumption. The town is backed by heavily wooded hills. Saint Pierre was almost totally destroyed when the Mount Pelee volcano erupted on 8 May 1902.'
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The town of Saint Pierre, Martinique

The town of Saint Pierre, Martinique. The photographer is on board a passenger cruise ship looking towards the shore showing one of the ship's boats heading for the shore. To the left of centre in the town is the Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Assumption. The town is backed by heavily wooded hills. Saint Pierre was almost totally destroyed when the Mount Pelee volcano erupted on 8 May 1902. The cathedral was rebuilt using old stones with the addition of volcanic rocks and bricks and was completed in 1908.
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Object details

ID: P93131
Type: Sheet film negative
Materials: Cellulose nitrate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1930-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 167 mm