A slightly distant port quarter view of the Walmer lifeboat Civil Service No. 4 (1896) heading out to sea for a regatta race at Walmer, Kent.

A slightly distant port quarter view of the Walmer lifeboat Civil Service No. 4 (1896) heading out to sea for a regatta race at Walmer, Kent. The photographer is on board a motor boat which has towed the lifeboat away from the shore and has released the tow and turned sharply away. Shipping is at anchor in the Downs in the background.

Object Details

ID: N18797
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Adams, Francis Norris
Vessels: Civil Service No. 4 (1896)
Date made: 31 August 1897
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection
Measurements: Overall: 82 mm x 107 mm