A slightly distant port side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the Orient Line passenger cruise ship Orontes (1929) moored off Bighi Bay in Grand Harbour, Malta. The Royal Naval Hospital at Bighi is in the right background. The photographer is looking south-east from Barriera (Quarry) Wharf, Valletta, and wicker baskets are in the left foreground. A large stack of rectangular wooden cages or boxes is on the wharf and a number of local men and boys are leaning over the wall looking down at the water.