One of the rivetted steel lifeboats of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) being used as a landing stage at Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia.
One of the rivetted steel lifeboats of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liner Arcadia (1954) being used as a landing stage at Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. The lifeboat is alongside a stone wall, a wooden platform has been laid across the boat's bulwarks and a short brow is on the platform leading onto the quay A European sailor and two lascars are manning the boat to assist passengers ashore. The photographer is in an approaching boat.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT1325 |
|---|---|
| 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: 35 mm x 40 mm |