A close view of the starboard side of the hull of the Royal Navy armoured cruiser Black Prince (1904) on launch day in the shipyard of Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., at Blackwall, London

A close view of the starboard side of the hull of the Royal Navy armoured cruiser Black Prince (1904) on launch day in the shipyard of Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., at Blackwall, London. The photographer is looking aft from close alongside the poppet showing shipwrights knocking out the after dog shore. The cover for the submerged torpedo tube at Frame 37 is at the top of the photograph. A cloud of steam is obscuring much of the hull. A note on the negative says that the photographer is using Camera C. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N18630
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Adams, Francis Norris
Vessels: Black Prince (1904)
Date made: 8 November 1904
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection
Measurements: Overall: 107 mm x 82 mm