A slightly distant starboard bow view of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company cruise ship Strathnaver (1931) anchored and moored in the San Marco Basin at Venice, Italy. She has her starboard anchor deployed but the port anchor is still housed in its hawse with the anchor chain being fed through a fairlead on deck She is flying the Italian ensign from the port yardarm and the Blue Peter from the starboard yardarm on her foremast. The photographer is looking west-north-west from a boat showing the Riva Schiavoni, the Doge's Palace, and St. Mark's Campanile on the right.