On board the Orient Line cruise ship Orford (1928) at Berth 43 in the Ocean Dock at Southampton, Hampshire. The photographer is on the port side of the aft promenade deck house looking forward and to port showing passengers leaning on the rails watching the activity in the dock. The tug Wellington (1926), seen from off her starboard bow, is in the foreground by the Orford (1928). The Cunard Line passenger liner Alaunia (1925), seen from off her starboard quarter, is alongside Berth 46 and astern of her at Berth 47 is the bow of the Cunard Line passenger liner Aquitania (1914). The tug Canute (1923), seen from off her port beam, is pushing against the bow of the Aquitania (1914).