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A starboard quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the Royal Navy iron screw corvette Active (1869) at anchor in The Downs or the Thames Estuary.
A starboard quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the Royal Navy iron screw corvette Active (1869) at anchor in The Downs or the Thames Estuary. She is the flagship of the Training Squadron. Her sails are very neatly stowed and she has boats boom rigged. A cutter is close to her stern, one is off her starboard beam and some of her boats are swung out. The horizon is not level.
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Object Details
| ID: | N18733 |
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| Type: | Glass plate negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Adams, Francis Norris |
| Vessels: | Active (1869) |
| Date made: | 15 September 1897 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 82 mm x 107 mm |