A distant port side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the Orient Line passenger cruise ship Orontes (1929) at moorings in Bighi Bay, Grand Harbour, Malta. The photographer is looking east from the east end of the Lascaris Wharf in Valletta showing a number of dghaisas in the foreground near a passenger landing jetty. The Royal Naval Hospital at Bighi is in the right background. Fort Rinella is in the centre and Fort Ricasoli is in the left background.