A distant port broadside view of the Orient Line passenger cruise ship Orontes (1929) at moorings in Bighi Bay, Grand Harbour, Malta. The photographer is in the Upper Barracca, Valletta, looking over the Saluting Battery and showing an unidentified Prince Line cargo liner and another unidentified cargo steamer, both moored stern-on to the Barriera (Quarry) Wharf. An unidentified "Tirrenia" passenger/cargo ship is berthed stern-on to the Barriera (Quarry) Wharf in the left foreground. Fort Rinella, Fort Ricasoli and the Ricasoli breakwater and lighthouse are in the background.