A starboard near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Orient Line cruise ship Orford (1928) anchored in Norwegian waters during a ship's boat race. Her starboard anchor is deployed and she has an accommodation ladder rigged to the main deck aft. The Blue Peter is flying from the port yardarm on her foremast. A number of her boats have been launched and three of them, coxed by members of the ship's company and manned by passengers, are passing the ship at the finish of a race. The negative is damaged and the upper left corner is missing.