A starboard bow view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cruise ship Strathaird (1932) anchored and moored in San Marco Basin at Venice, Italy. She has both anchors deployed and accommodation ladders are rigged to shell doors amidships and aft. Lifeboat number 17 has been swung out and is suspended under her davits. The Blue Peter is flying from the port yardarm on the foremast. Crew members are working on the hull from stagings hanging over the side in way of the forward superstructure.