Ships Cover for Canopus class first class battleships.

Ships Cover for the Canopus class first class battleships HMS Albion (1898), HMS Canopus (1897), HMS Glory (1899), HMS Goliath (1898), HMS Ocean (1898) and HMS Vengeance (1899). The documentation mainly comprises correspondence of a general nature relating to ships' equipment, repairs and refits, along with a number of schemes of complement for individual members of the class. In terms of date range, the papers continue the previous Cover from about May 1905, and end in January 1920, by which time all had been sunk or scrapped save for Glory and Vengeance.

Object Details

ID: ADM/SC/146A
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 405 mm x 273 mm x 76 mm