Four lifeboats from the Orient Line cruise ship Orion (1935) during abandon ship drill in an unknown location. The photographer is looking down from the ship's rail on the starboard side showing three boats loaded with members of the ship's crew, including chefs, pushing off from the side of the ship while a fourth boat is under oars heading away. Two small rowing boats and a dinghy with a lateen sail are in the background and a coastline is in the distance. The negative is captioned "Abandon ship". A vertical format negative. Negatives numbers P84333 to P84335, P84497, P84499 and P84501 were taken on the same occasion.