A slightly distant port broadside view of the Orient Line passenger cruise liner Orcades (1937) anchored off Alexandretta, Turkey, taken from the shore. A man and woman are standing in the foreground looking out at the ship. Rowing boats registered HD IS.101, HD. IS.85 and HD. IS.241 are drawn up on the beach. One of the liner's motor lifeboats is alongside the landing staghe on the left and a former Royal Navy KIL class gunboat of 1918-1919 converted to a merchant cargo ship is at anchor in the left background. A large number of these vessels were registered under Italian owners, the Salam had an Egyptian owner and the San Gorg had a Maltese owner.