A slightly distant port bow view of the German Navy training ship Schlesien (1906) under way in the channel at Willemstad, Curacao, bound out. The photographer is at Punda on the east side of the channel looking north. A large number of people and many cars are on the quayside in the foreground. Advertisements on buildings on the west side of the channel include "Heineken's Bier" and "Drink Brugal Rum". A single funneled passenger ship is alongside the channel quay in the background.