Lascar deck crew attending to the moorings on the forecastle deck on board the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company passenger vessel Chusan (1950 at Genoa, Italy. Six lascars hauling on a rope on the starbopard side of the forecastle. They are in the charge of a serang or tindal and the gang is being supervised by two European officers. The photographer is looking aft and to starboard from the bow. The Chusan is on a Mediterranean cruise, having left London on 25 July and returned to Southampton 7 August. She arrived at Genoa on 30 July and sailed the next day.