A slightly distant starboard quarter view of the Japanese Navy battleship Shikishima (1898) about to be launched at the Thames Iron Works shipyard at Blackwall, London.

A slightly distant starboard quarter view of the Japanese Navy battleship Shikishima (1898) about to be launched at the Thames Iron Works shipyard at Blackwall, London. She is dressed overall and is flying two Japanese flags and two Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding Company houseflags. A note on the negative says the photographer is using Camera A.

Object Details

ID: N18673
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Adams, Edgar Tarry
Vessels: Shikishima (1898)
Date made: 1 November 1898
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection
Measurements: Overall: 82 mm x 107 mm