Four cabin class passengers and a lascar steward on the forward sports deck of the British India Steam Navigation Company educational cruise ship Nevasa (1956) during a cruise. A young woman is lying on the deck and she has a drink in front of her. Behind her are a man and woman sitting in deck chairs. A lascar steward is standing behind the chairs holding a tray with two drinks on it while a man with a drink in his hand is standing next to the steward. They are in the starboard forward corner of the sports deck and the photographer is looking forward and to starboard from near the centreline.