A starboard side view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the Orient Line cruise ship Orford (1928) in the San Marco Basin at Venice, Italy. She has her starboard anchor deployed and has a mooring buoy astern. Lifeboat number 1 is swung out and suspended in its falls at forecastle deck level. An accommodation ladder is rigged aft. The photographer is on the Riva degli Schiavoni and a gondola with passengers is pushing off from the shore. The bell tower of the San Giorgio Maggiore is in the right background.