Guests on the viewing platform close to the starboard bow of the Royal Navy armoured cruiser Black Prince (1904) in the shipyard of Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., at Blackwall, London.

Guests on the viewing platform close to the starboard bow of the Royal Navy armoured cruiser Black Prince (1904) in the shipyard of Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., at Blackwall, London. The photographer is near the end of the platform looking forward showing a large number of top-hatted and bowler-hatted gentlemen waiting for the launching ceremnoy to commence. The bow of the ship is on the left. A vertical format negative. A note on the negative says the photographer is using Camera C and that the Bishop of London (Arthur Winnington-Ingram) is under the flagstaff.

Object Details

ID: N18632
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