A starboard near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) at moorings in Grand Harbour, Malta. She has accommodation ladders rigged to her main deck aft and the shell doors aft of midships. Local boats, an harbour service craft, ship's lifeboats and local dghaisas are alongside the ship, which is flying the Blue Peter from the starboard yardarm on her foremast. The photographer is in a boat looking north-west-by-west showing Valletta in the background.