ROME in port LAUDERDALE ORONTES is depicted in the

ORONTES is depicted in the busy waters of the Pool of London

A copy of the poster exists in the National Archives

A luxury to travel in such”

The painting depicts what was most probably a fictitious meeting between the sailing warship HMS QUEEN and the 206-ton paddle-steamer WILLIAM FAWCETT which made the first Peninsular Steam sailing to Spain and Portugal in 1835

ORONTES (1902) was the first Orient Line ship fitted with quadruple-expansion engines

ROME in port LAUDERDALE ORONTES is depicted in theROME (1881) and her sister CARTHAGE (1881) were the first P&O ships to put the second class passengers aft and the first class accommodation amidships.