A distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the Canadian Pacific Steamships cruise ship Melita (1918) anchored off Vigo, Spain. The ship is dressed overall. The photographer is on a shore excursion and is looking over the city rooftops from an elevated vantage point. Above the roof of a building just to the left of centre is a semi-circular sign reading "Simlon Garcia". Two coal hulks and an engines aft steamship are out in Vigo Bay.