On board the Royal Navy battleship Royal Sovereign (1891) during a towing evolution with the battleship Ramillies (1892) in the Mediterranean. The photographer is looking aft from the port side of the aft superstructure showing a large number of the crew hauling on lines on the quarterdeck. The battleship Ramillies (1892), seen from very fine off her port bow, is just under way close astern and a large number of her crew are on the forecastle. Vertical format.