The west side of the north end of Gibraltar looking east from on board a passenger cruise ship. A coaling depot is on the south end of the Western Arm. Four Royal Navy destroyers are in the harbour with the Escort (1934), pendant H66 in the centre and the Esk (1934), pendant H15, beyond her. The Electra (1934), pendant H27, which is alongside an unidentified sister ship, is on the right. These destroyers were units of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet which was temporarily transferred to the Mediterranean during the Abyssinian crisis. The Willis Battery is in the centre background.