Cloth covered black card cover, contents 46 sepia-toned non captioned photographs in good condition, glued and dry mounted to 20 grey board leaves. Early vessels built at Chiswick to 1904 and TBD built at Woolston to 1908. The Lengthening of SS Hayle (1893) in 1901 Plus Shamrock I (1899). The album has no image captions and not all the vessels have been identified.

1. Steam launch with two passengers moored in middle of river near the Thornycroft Yard
2. Various small craft near the Thornycroft Yard
3. Launching of Canadian customs cruiser Margaret (1914) two funnels, two masts
4. Launching of Canadian customs cruiser Margaret (1914) two funnels, two masts, officials and dignitaries
5. Thornycroft Shipyard at Chiswick with TB 99 (1900) fitting out
6. Sir John I Thornycroft
7. Presumed Miss Nelson, granddaughter of Lord Strathcona [this is incorrect only female granddaughter was named Edith Mary Palmer Howard]
8. Steam lifeboat Queen (1897) sailing past G. Stewart works
9. Large yacht under sail, Shamrock (1899) Sir T Lipton
10. Large yacht under sail, Shamrock (1899) Sir T Lipton
11. Motor boat Scolopendra built by Messrs John T Thornycroft in 1903
12. HMS Albatross (1900)
13. TBD HMS Tartar (1907)
14. Motor boat Scolopendra (1903) at sea
15. HMS Albatross (1900) at sea
16. Shirakumo (1902)
17. Painting reproduction of Murakumo class Japanese destroyer
18. Experimental steam launch Polywog (1887) anchored in river (NMM neg G12591)
19. Three different sized diesel engines
20. TBD HMS Tartar (1907) Duplicate image, as plate 13
21. Melik (1897), Yard Number 328. (NMM neg G12598)
22. TBD HMS Tartar (1907) at anchor
23. TB 98 (1901) at sea (NMM neg G12600)
24. HMS Albatross (1900) at sea
25. Stern view of Glowworm in dry dock (Later TB 7 – 1906)
26. Two steam launches at anchor
27. Two steam launches at anchor
28. Large steam yacht at anchor
29. HMS Gadfly (1906) at sea (Later TB6)
30. Workers in rowing boat recovering a torpedo from HMS Gadfly (1906)
31. Workers loading a torpedo on HMS Gadfly (1906)
32. HMS Gadfly ay anchor
33. HMS Gadfly (1906) in shipyard
34. Lengthening SS Hayle (Probably 1893) [three masts after lengthening?]
35. Lengthening SS Hayle (Probably 1893) [three masts after lengthening?]
36. River barge Naparima (1905) moored in a river
37. TB 1 – Lightning (1877)
38. Steam lifeboat, hydraulic power, for Holland, President Van Heel (1895) Yard 304
39. HMS Ardent (1894)
40. River boat Fluminensa (1906 - Yard 443)
41. River barge Goodwill (1892 – Yard 276) at anchor
42. TH 1 (1884) Thornycroft TB for Germany
43. TB 21 or TB 22 (1884) Thornycroft
44. HMS Tartar (1907) at sea
45. Small destroyer at anchor, probably early Thornycroft 125ft TB with bow tube. It could be TB 25 (1885) TB 26 – 29 series, prior to removal of bow tube. However, bow area more similar to India boats, ie TB 100, 102, 103
46. Soldati class destroyer (Italian) First group of six built between 1906-1910, second group of three followed shortly after.

See NOTES Field for full list of the plates with descriptions relating to this album.