HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913)

A view aft from the foretop of HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913), taken while the ship was steaming at 21 knots while on maneouvres. Despite some smoke emission from the second funnel, a great deal of forecastle and upper deck detail is visible. Of interest are the anti-aircraft guns (a 12-pounder on the port side and a 3-pounder on the starboard side), and the absence of the forecastle deck 6-inch gun moutings which had not yet been fitted to this ship.

This image is very similar to N16771 and was probably taken within minutes of the other.

Object Details

ID: N16768
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Curzon, Francis Richard Henry Penn
Vessels: Queen Elizabeth (1913); Queen Elizabeth (1913)
Date made: 1915
People: HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
Measurements: 110 mm x 165 mm