Lifeboat number 19 being launched on board the Orient Line cruise ship Orford (1928) which is anchored in an unknown location.

Lifeboat number 19 being launched on board the Orient Line cruise ship Orford (1928) which is anchored in an unknown location. The photographer is standing at the top of the accommodation ladder, which is rigged to the main deck aft, looking forward along the starboard side showing the boat in the water being released from its falls. Passengers are leaning over the main deck rail watching the launching. Lifeboat number 3 is swung and suspended in its davits. A vertical format negative.