The MM Iraquaddy? It was Marseille

The other day I posted a picture of the wonderful old MM Iraquaddy but asked where the picture was taken. A few emailed me and all agreed that the city behind the ship is indeed, and perhaps unsurprisingly, the home port of the Messageries Maritimes line, Marseille (is there an ‘s’ or not? I’m never sure). That indeed does appear to be the splendid Marseille Cathedral and so below some pictures of the same stretch of Marseille waterfront from slightly different angles (just further to the right on the Iraquaddy picture would have been the lighthouse and old fort that would have helped identify the port) and the beautiful cathedral itself. Of course Marseille was France’s main port of embarkation for all points East.