On board the Royal Navy battleship Royal Sovereign (1891) during a towing evolution with the battleship Caesar (1896) in a Mediterranean anchorage. The photographer is looking aft from the starboard side of Y barbette showing a large number of the crew sorting gear on the quarterdeck. The battleship Caesar (1896), seen from fine off her port bow, is under way close astern and has a line hanging over her port bow. A protected cruiser and a Canopus class battleship, almost certainly the Canopus (1897) herself, are in the background. Vertical format.