A distant starboard bow view, taken from fine off the bow, of the Royal Navy battleship Cornwallis (1901) fully afloat on launching at the Thames Iron Works shipyard at Blackwall, London.

A distant starboard bow view, taken from fine off the bow, of the Royal Navy battleship Cornwallis (1901) fully afloat on launching at the Thames Iron Works shipyard at Blackwall, London.The photographer is on the viewing platform above the starboard sliding way looking down the berth as the drag chain ropes are made taught. The ship has slewed slightly to port. A note on the negative says the photographer is using Camera B.

Object Details

ID: N18691
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Adams, Edgar Tarry
Vessels: Cornwallis (1901)
Date made: 17 July 1901
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection
Measurements: Overall: 82 mm x 107 mm