Many of the photographs are assumed to have been taken earlier than 1882, some dating back to the 1860s. The photographs were mainly taken at Portsmouth and Plymouth.

Contents (plate number):

1. HMS Thunderer [1872], (starboard broadside view) 4 guns double screw ship, iron turret ship, armour-plated 9190 (4407) Tons 5600 (800) HP (NMM neg N5293)
2. HMS Thunderer [1872], bow view (NMM neg A2317)
3. HMS Thunderer [1872], stern view (NMM neg A2318)
4. HMS Inflexible [1876] (starboard broadside view) 4 guns double screw ship, iron turret ship, armour-plated, 11,400 tons, 8000 HP (NMM neg N5273)
5. Turret of HMS Inflexible [1876] (NMM neg 57/1608)
6. HMS Polyphemus [1881], (port broadside view) 2640 tons, 5500 HP, double screw steel armoured-plated Torpedo Ram (NMM neg C5867)
7. HMS Polyphemus [1881], bow view in dock (NMM neg C5861)
8. HMS Polyphemus [1881], bow view (NMM neg N5380)
9. HMS Polyphemus , [1881] stern view (NMM neg 57/1610)
10. HMS Dreadnought [1875], (starboard broadside view) 4 guns double screw ship, iron turret ship, armour-plated, 10,886 (5030) tons 8000 (1000) HP (NMM neg N5297)
11. HMS Dreadnought [1875], (bow view) in dry dock (NMM neg C5864)
12. HMS Hotspur [1870], (starboard broadside view) 3 guns, iron armour-plated ram double screw, 4010 (2637) tons 3497 (500) HP (NMM neg N5167)
13. Interior of turret ship HMS Hotspur [1870], (NMM negs 7115 & 58/6180)
14. HMS Belleisle [1876/8], (bow view) 4 guns double screw, iron armour-plated ram, 4720 tons 3995 HP (NMM neg C5872)
15. Battery of HMS Belleisle [1876/8], (NMM neg C5862)
16. Deck of HMS Belleisle [1876/8], showing Gatling gun (NMM neg C5857)
17. HMS Rupert [1872],(port broadside view) 4 guns double screw, iron clad ram 5444 (3159) tons 4635 (700) HP
18. Etching - HMS Temeraire [1876], (from f/wd of broadside view) 8 guns double screw, iron armour-plated ship, 8412 tons 4635 (7700) HP
19. HMS Temeraire [1876], gun raised in Barbette Tower (NMM negs A2254 & 59/2128
20. Lithograph - HMS Captain [1869], (starboard broadside view) (armour-plated ship, 6 guns, foundered off Cape Finisterre, Sept 1870
21. Launch of HMS Colossus [1882], (starboard broadside view) (NMM neg C5858)
22. HMS Valiant [1863], (starboard broadside view) 18 guns iron screw, ship, armour-plated 6713 (4063) tons 3560 (800) HP (NMM neg N5203)
23. HMS Devastation [1871], (starboard broadside view) double screw iron turret ship, armour-plated 9330 tons 6550 HP (NMM neg C6485)
24. Bow of HMS Devastation [1871] (deck scene/sailors) (NMM neg A2319)
25. The interior of turret of HMS Devastation [1871], (NMM neg A3567 & 57/1607)
26. HMS Minotaur [1863], bow on (NMM neg C5859)
27. HMS Minotaur [1863], (from f/wd of broadside view) 17 guns screw iron ship, armour-plated, 10,690 tons, 6700 HP (NMM neg C5856)
28. Battery of HMS Sultan [1870](NMM neg A2255 & 57/1605)
29. HMS Sultan [1870], (starboard broadside view) 12 guns, iron screw ship, armour-plated, 9290 tons, 8630 HP (NMM neg C5870)
30. HMS Invincible [1869], (bow view) in dry dock (C5868)
31. HMS Invincible [1869], (port broadside view) 14 guns, double screw iron ship, armour-plated, 6034 (3774) tons 4832 (00) HP (NMM negs 7377 & N5231)
32. Battery of HMS Iron Duke [1870] (NMM neg B7679)
33. HMS Iron Duke [1870], (starboard broadside view) 14 guns, double screw iron ship, armour-plated, 6034 (3774) tons 4268, (800) HP (NMM negs N6878 & N6879 & N326)
34. Figure head of HMS Agincourt [1865], (NMM neg A2256)
35. HMS Agincourt [1865], (port broadside view) 17 guns screw iron ship, armour-plated, 10,627 (6621) tons 6867 (1350) HP (NMM neg C5869)
36. Bow (close up view) of HMS Northumberland [1866], (NMM neg A2257)
37. HMS Northumberland [1866], (starboard broadside view) 28 guns, iron screw ship, armour-plated, 10,584 (6621) tons 6558 (1350) HP (NMM neg C5864)
38. Figure head of HMS Black Prince [1861], (NMM neg A2259)
39. HMS Black Prince [1861], (starboard broadside view) 28 guns, screw iron ship, armour-plated, 9137 (6109) tons, 5772 (1250) HP (NMM neg C5865)
40. HMS Repulse [1868], (from f/wd of starboard broadside view) 12 guns, screw ship, armour-plated, 9160 (3749) tons, 3347 (800) HP (NMM neg C6486)
41. HMS Hercules [1868], (from f/wd of port broadside view) 14 guns, iron screw ship, armour-plated, 8677 (5234) tons, 7200 (1200) HP (NMM neg C5864)
42. HMS Hercules [1868], bow view (NMM neg C5875)
43. Ram of HMS Hercules [1868], (NMM neg C5860)
44. HMS Bellerophon [1865], (starboard broadside view) 15 guns, iron screw ship, armour-plated, 7551 (4270) tons, 6521 (1000) HP (NMM neg 58/3007)
45. HMS Defence [1861], (port starboard view) 16 guns, iron screw ship, armour-plated, 6070 (3720) tons, 2537 (600) HP (NMM neg C5876)
46. HMS Lord Warden [1865], (bow view) in dock (NMM neg C5873)
47. HMS Lord Warden [1865], (from f/wd of port broadside) 18 guns, screw ship, armour-plated, 7842 (4080) tons, 6706 (1000) HP (NMM neg N5194)
48. HMS Swiftsure 1870], (port starboard view) 14 guns, iron screw ship, armour-plated, 6660 (3893) tons, 4913 (800) HP (NMM neg 58/6185)
49. HMS Audacious [1869], (port starboard view) 14 guns, double screw iron ship, armour-plated, 6034 (3774) tons, 4021 (800) HP (NMM neg C5874)
50. Stern of HMS Triumph [1870], (NMM neg C5838)
51. Bow of HMS Triumph [1870], (NMM neg C5839)
52. HMS Achilles [1863], (port starboard view) 16 guns, iron screw iron ship, armour-plated, 9694 (6121) tons, 5722 (1250) HP (NMM neg 59/555)
53. HMS Penelope [1867], (port starboard view) 11 guns, iron double screw corvette, armour-plated 4394 (3096) tons, 4703(600) HP (NMM negs N5223, C3898, 58/3020 and 59/546)
54. HMS Cleopatra 1878], (port starboard view) 14 guns, screw corvette, steel and iron cased with wood, 2380 tons, (NMM neg C5835)
55. HMS Shannon [1875], (Starboard bow view) 9 guns, screw ship, iron armour-plated, 5439 tons, 3370 HP (NMM neg C5840)
56 .HMS Bacchante [1876], (port bow view) 16 guns, iron screw corvette, 4130 tons, 5240 HP (NMM neg N5339)
57. HMS Shah [1873], (port bow view) 26 guns, iron screw frigate cased with wood, 6040 (4210) tons 7477, (1000) HP (NMM negs N5362 & B3506)
58. HMS Raleigh [1873], (starboard broadside view) 22 guns, iron screw frigate sheathed with wood, 5200 (3215) tons 6158, (800) HP (NMM neg C5836)
59. Figurehead of HMS Raleigh [1873], (NMM neg C5837)
60. HMS Nelson [1876], (port bow view) 12 guns, double screw iron ship, armour-plated, 7320
61. HMS Volage [1869], (port broadside view) 18 guns, screw iron corvette, cased with wood, 3078 (2322) tons, 4532 (600) HP (NMM neg C5845)
62. HMS Sirius [1868], (port broadside view) 12 guns, screw corvette, 1755 (1268) tons, 2334 (350) HP (NMM neg C6487)
63. HMS Amazon [1865], (starboard broadside view) 4 guns, screw sloop armour plated 1741 (1253 tons, 1042 (220) HP
64. HMS Danae [1867], (starboard broadside view) 12 guns, screw corvette, 1755 (1287) tons, 2089 (350) HP (NMM neg C5847)
65. HMS Dido [1869], (port broadside view) 12 guns, screw corvette, 1755 (1277) tons, 2518 (350) HP (NMM neg A3666)
66. HMS Hydra [1871], (starboard broadside view) 4 guns, double screw iron armour-plated turret ship 3430 (2107) tons, 1472 (250) HP (NMM neg N5176)
67. HMS Cycops [1871], (starboard broadside view) 4 guns, double screw iron armour-plated turret ship 3430 (2107) tons, 1660 (250) HP (NMM neg C5848)
68. HMS Assistance [1874], (starboard broadside view) 2 guns, iron troop ship, 2500 tons, 1440 HP
69. HMS Thalia [1869], (Port bow view) 8 guns, screw corvette, 2240 tons, 1600 HP (NMM neg C5852)
70. HMS Tyne [1878], (starboard broadside view) 2 guns, iron troop and store ship, 3560 tons, 1190 HP (NMM neg C5851)
71. HMS Malabar [1866], (port broadside view) S. iron troop ship 6211 (4173) tons 4893 (700) HP (NMM neg C5850)
72. Royal Yacht Victoria & Albert [1855], (starboard broadside view) 2 guns, paddle 2470 (2345) tons, 2980 (600) HP (NMM neg 58/3043)
73. HM paddle yacht Enchantress [1862], (port bow broadside view) 1 gun, 1000 tons, 1320 HP (NMM neg C5885)
74. HMS Hecla [1878], (starboard bow broadside view) 6 guns, screw torpedo depot ship, 6400 tons, 1760 HP (NMM neg B7860)
75. HMS Iris [1877], (port bow broadside view) double screw steel despatch vessel, 3735 tons, 700 HP (NMM neg C5849)
76. HMS Orontes [1862], (port bow broadside view) iron screw troopship, 5920 tons, 2750 HP (NMM neg C5854)
77. HMS Glatton [1871], (port broadside view) 2 guns, double iron screw iron turret ship, armour-plated, 4912 (2709) tons, 2868 (500) HP (NMM neg C5853)
78. HMS Dee [1877], (starboard broadside view, slightly distant) 3 guns, double screw iron gun boat, 363 tons, 330 HP (NMM neg C5841) HMS Vesuvius [1874], (starboard bow broadside view) double screw iron torpedo vessel, 244 tons, 900 HP (NMM neg C5844)
79. First and second class torpedo boats (NMM negs C5842 & B7464/18)
80. HMS Active [1869], (starboard broadside view) 10 guns iron screw corvette, cased with wood, 3078 (2322) tons, 4015 (600) HP (NMM neg 58/3037)
81. HMS Valorous [1851], (port broadside view) 1 gun paddle frigate, 2300 (1257) tons, 1145 (400) HP (NMM neg N5435) (Note on page states – Probably Magicienne (1849) Note figurehead)
82. HMS Minotaur [1863], (starboard broadside stern view) 17 guns, iron screw armour-plated, 10,690 tons, (6700) HP (NMM neg C5843)
83. HMS Boadicea [1875], (port broadside view) 16 guns iron screw corvette, cased with wood, 4140 (2679) tons, 5130 HP (NMM neg C5878)
84. HMS Hercules [1868], (port broadside stern view) 32 guns, iron screw armour-plated, 9137 (6109) tons, 5469, (1250) HP (NMM neg 58/3044)
85. HMS Warrior [1860], (bow view) in dry dock (NMM neg C5880)
86. HMS Amazon [1865], (starboard broadside view) screw corvette, 1970 tons, 2140 HP (NMM neg C5881)
87. HMS Monarch [1868], (starboard broadside stern view) 7 guns, iron screw turret ship amour-plated, 8322 (5102) tons, (1100) HP (NMM neg C5879 & 4922)
88. HMS Himalaya [1853], (starboard broadside view) 3 guns, iron screw troopship, 4490 (3543) tons, 2609, (700) HP (NMM neg C6488)
89. HMS Jumna [1866], (port broadside bow view, at quayside) S. iron troop ship, 6211 (4173) tons, 3040 (700) HP (NMM negs 57/1592 & C5877)
90. HMS Serapis [1866], (port broadside view) S. iron troopship, 6211 (4173) tons, 4030 (700) HP