An image showing 'P37816; A starboard bow view, taken from across waste ground fine off the bow, of the passenger/cargo liner Orcades (1948) in the North Western Dry Dock, Tilbury. Some of her lifeboats are partially lowered and her anchors have been run out. A line of motor cars with registrations PGH183, NOO536 and XXK950 are parked on the roadside.'

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The passenger/cargo liner Orcades (1948) in the North Western Dry Dock, Tilbury, Essex.

A starboard bow view, taken from across waste ground fine off the bow, of the passenger/cargo liner Orcades (1948) in the North Western Dry Dock, Tilbury. Some of her lifeboats are partially lowered and her anchors have been run out. A line of motor cars with registrations PGH183, NOO536 and XXK950 are parked on the roadside.

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Object details

ID:	P37816
Type:	Negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Grierson, Alec R.
Vessels:	Orcades (1948)
Date made:	15 May 1963
People:	Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	62 mm x 62 mm