A starboard bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the Orient Line cruise ship Orford (1928) at anchor in an unknown location. Her starboard anchor is deployed and she has an accommodation ladder rigged to the main deck aft. Lifeboat 21 is swung out and suspended in its falls. The Blue Peter is flying at the port yardarm on the foremast. One of the lifeboats is on the left, approaching the ship.