A slightly distant port side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) at moorings in Grand Harbour, Malta. Local boats and an harbour service craft are alongside the ship forward. The photographer is looking south-east-by-east from Quarry Wharf, Valletta, showing the Bighi Royal Navy Hospital in the background. In the foreground is a group of local men standing by a stack of bamboo crates with cane baskets hanging on a stone wall on the left and an awning is attached to the wall.