A port side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger/cargo liners Oronsay (1951) and Orsova (1954) alongside a wharf in Tilbury Dock, Essex. The Oronsay is in the new all-white livery with buff funnel, derricks and mast. The Orsova is still in the original company livery with a corn coloured hull. A number of lighters are between the photographer and the ships.