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.