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 east-by-south from Quarry Wharf, Valletta, showing the Bighi Royal Navy Hospital in the right background and Fort Ricasoli on the left. In the foreground a man is sitting on a stone bollard and a number of dghaisas are just offshore. The nearest boat is numbered 440 on the stem and stern posts and is named Ten Men.