A close detail of the forward dogshore on the port forward poppet of the Royal Navy battleship Albion (1898) in the Thames Iron Works shipyard at Blackwall, London. "Success to H.M.S. "Albion" is painted on the side of the dogshore. A shipwright is standing by to release the dogshore at the appropriate time. A vertical format negative. A note on the negative says the photographer is using the New Hand Camera .