Royal Sovereign (1891)

A 12x10 negative. A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the Royal Navy battleship Royal Sovereign (1891) at anchor in berth B2 at Spithead for the Diamond Jubilee Naval Review. She is dressed overall and her berth number B2 is on a board fitted to her after bridge wing. Her seaboat is alongside and three crewmen are cleaning the hull just above the waterline. The second class cruiser Medea (1888) is in berth D4 on the right.

Object Details

ID: G1066
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Royal Sovereign (1891)
Date made: 28 June 1897
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection