An unidentified scene during the construction of the armoured cruiser Black Prince (1904) on the slip at theThames Iron Works Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd shipyard at Blackwall, London.

An unidentified scene during the construction of the armoured cruiser Black Prince (1904) on the slip at theThames Iron Works Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd shipyard at Blackwall, London. The photographer is looking at a substantial construction of large timber baulks and planks held together with steel spike staples. A steel plate is lying on the ground in the foreground and a portable compressed air coke forge is on the right. Behind the timber framework is a steel structure and painted on a plate on the left is "Vent casing on main deck".

Object Details

ID: N19071
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Adams, Edgar Tarry
Vessels: Black Prince (1904)
Date made: 1904
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection
Measurements: Overall: 82 mm x 107 mm