A starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the Cunard Line cruise ship Laconia (1922) at anchor off Mindelo at Saint Vincent Island, Cape Verde Islands. Her port anchor is deployed and she is in the standard livery of black hull and white upperworks. An accommodation ladder is rigged at a shell door amidships and various boats are in attendance along the ship. Lifeboats numbers 1 and 17 have been launched. She is flying the Blue Peter from the starboard yardarm on her foremast.