Contents (plate number): Handwritten captions.
1. [Photograph missing] H.M.S. Ramillies 1898 (Flag-Ship Mediterranean) [1st Class Battleship H.M.S. Ramillies (1892)]
2. H.M.S. Theseus – Mediterranean – 7.11.00 [Port just off bow view of 1st Class protected cruiser H.M.S. Theseus (1892), running light with torpedo tubes visible. Photographer: R. ELLIS, Malta]

Bathing Pools at Marmarice [Turkey]
3. [Shows two men swimming in this natural pool by a small waterfall]
4. [Similar to No.3 but other angle or place – Three men swimming, four on the bank]

5. H.M.S. Theseus lying off Candia, Crete,1899 [View of the town with a large church to the right and Theseus in the distant background]
6. [Photograph missing] Picnic party from Theseus at Candia, 1899 – Lt. Shipster – Lt. Doughty – Lt. Oliver – Capt. Withmarsh. RMLI – Mid. Mackimmon – A.E. Perkins – A.P. Green – Sub. Lieut. Woodbridge – Mid. Hallowes – Lt. Pattrick – Fl. Eng. Simmons – Mid. Grieve – Self.

7. Corfu [General view of the harbour and Palaio Frourio (north elevation) – Port quarter view of a gunboat with a clipper bow: Albacore? (1883). Two stamps in blue ink at the back of the print: Fotografia – B. Borri & Figlio – Corfù and A. Farrougia – Relieur de la Cour – Depôt de Photographies – Corfou]
8. One gun battery at Corfu [No battery visible on the picture – Actually shows Pontikonisi Island, as printed on the right bottom corner – Same stamps on the back as No.7]
9. Fresco at Empress of Austria’s Palace at Corfu [Internal view of the palace built in 1890 for Empress Sissi with a peplum like fresco – Same stamps on the back as No.7 and 8]
Empress of Austria’s Palace at Corfu [Title for two external views (Nos. 10 and 11 below) of the luxurious palace with copies of antique statues – Photographer’s stamp at the back of each photo: A. Farrougia – Relieur de la Cour – Depôt de Photographies – Corfou and Alois Beer – k.u.k. Hofphotograph – Klagerfurt]
10. 3526 – Achilleion, Peristil, Blick Corfu [printed on the recto]
11. 3583 – Achilleion, Terasse [sic] 1. Stock Gegen West [printed on recto]
12. Corfu [General view of a street and park]
13. The Acropolis – Athens [General and rather distant view of the Acropolis – Details about print paper used here on the back]

[H.M.S. Theseus ran aground and being towed]
14. H.M.S. Theseus ashore at Rosso Point, Sicily – 11.7.99 [Port broadside view of Theseus stopped and slightly leaning to port]
15. H.M.S. Theseus being towed off by H.M.S. Venus (Photo taken from Venus) [View taken from the stern of 2nd Class Cruiser Venus (1895) – Tow clearly visible and view direct at stern of Theseus full steaming]

16. Arcade – Naples [Internal view – Text printed at the bottom of the photograph: 1110 Napoli. Galleria Umberto 1. Interno – Edizione Cav. Ach. Mauri. Napoli]
17. Bay of Naples [Very long and folded panoramic view with Vesuvius even (really?) smoking – Stengel & Co., Dresda-Berlino. 11246 printed on top left corner – Agostino De Simone – Cartes et timbres-poste pour collections – Starda di Chiala 234 NAPLES]

18. Gun Room Officers. H.M.S. Ramillies. February 1899 [H.M.S. Ramillies (1892) – Shows a portrayed group on the deck numbered from left to right and top to bottom]

i. Mid. Birch
ii. Parsons
iii. Asst-Eng. Carlisle
iv. Mid. Knight
v. Bashford
vi. Smythies
vii. Clerk Smith
viii. Self (Clerk) [shows M.G. Bennett]
ix. Mid. Errington
x. Money
xi. Downs
xii. Street
xiii. Asst-Eng. Kelly xiv. Asst-Pay. Brooks
xv. Sub. Lieut. Wilson
xvi. Sarel
xvii. Sowerby
xviii. Asst-Eng. Sellex
xix. Foster
xx. Asst. Clerk. Ward
xxi. Mid. Cather
xxii. Walsh
xxiii. Carey
xxiv. Marshall
xxv. Hervey

19. Argostoli [Shows a very large view with town, mountains and some distant ships: sails and a steam cargo ship. Printed on the picture: Vues de Cephalonie (Grèce) – Argostoli, Ville et Port – No.3682 – S.A. Cartes Postales Editions Kűnzli, Zűrich – Printed on the back: Carte Postale - Union Universelle des Postes]

20. Fleet on quarter line – Jan. 1900 – [?] the Levant – Revenge (1892) [flag], Royal Oak (1892), Canopus (1897), Royal Sovereign (1891), Andromeda (1897). [Photograph taken from Theseus deck – Port broadside view of these vessels, all under steam, the last ones very distant, if not hidden]

21. Temple of Theseus – Athens.
22. Athens [General view of the town]
23. Parthenon – Athens [scaffoldings on the front of the temple]
24. Temple of the Seven Virgins – Athens [now known as the Erechteion Temple – Acropolis]
25. Temple of Juppiter [sic] – Athens [now known as the Temple of the Olympian Zeus]

26. Valetta [Shows Victoria Gate in Valetta, Malta]

27. [Photograph missing] Green – Self – Walsh – Strickland – Bell – Hambert – Capt. Whitmarsh – Portch – Lt. Frazer – May (March 1900) - [Showed a portrayed group]
28. Manning a cutter [Shows sailors going down a rope ladder from a boat boom into a boat/cutter – Mooring lines and stern of another boat visible – Town in the background]

29. Ulysses’ Island – Corfu [Shows Pontikonisi Island]
30. View of Corfu, with Empress of Austria’s Palace in foreground [Shows a very large landscape with palace on top of a hill]
31. Patras [Greece – Photograph taken from the sea]

32. [Photograph missing] Picnic party on mokes [?], Sausagefonteine [sic], Suda Bay – March 1900 – Self – Skinner – Richardson – Lt. Shipster – May – Capt. Whitmarsh – Lt. Pattrick – Strickland – Bell – Bateman – Lambert – Green.

33. Main Guard, Palace Square, Valetta [External view of this Renaissance palace in Valetta, Malta]
34. Poros [Distant view of Poros Island, Greece]

Two views of H.M.S. Theseus leaving Malta on 5th May 1900
35. No caption. [Port broadside view – distant]
36. No caption. [Port broadside view – closer]

37. Gun Room Officers – H.M.S. Theseus – 29th April 1900 [Portrayed group on the deck numbered from left to right and top to bottom

i. Mid. Bell
ii. Cruttwell
iii. Self (clerk) [M.G. Bennett]
iv. Mid. Dawall
v. Lambert
vi. Hallowes
vii. Walsh
viii. Asst-Pay. Green ix. Sub-Lieut. Alexander
x. Asst-Engr. Portch
xi. Perkins
xii. Mid. Boughey
xiii. Bateman
xiv. Lane
xv. Richardson
xvi. Latimer
xvii. Skinner
38. Landing Place – Corfu – Theseus Cutter just leaving the breakwater [Shows a view of the harbour from above – Two Austrian-Hungarian ships can be seen: a yacht hosting the Imperial Navy flag while the flag of the merchant navy is visible at the stern of a large sailing passenger ship]
39. Sunset or Moonrise (Gibraltar) [essentially shows light in the clouds with an isolated fishing boat towards the horizon]

[Solar Eclipse Expedition, 28 May 1900. Observations conducted in Santa Pola in Spain (Valencia Community) by Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer, English astronomer and discoverer of Helium, and Pr. Ralph Copeland, Astronomer Royal for Scotland]
Solar Eclipse Expedition, May 1900. Two views of Camp
40. [Shows long poles and a tent on a very flat coast – H.M.S. Theseus in the distant background]
41. [Taken from the opposite direction – from the sea – and shows poles, tents, people and Spanish hinterland]
Solar Eclipse Expedition – May 1900
42. Sir N. Lockyer – Lieut. H.M. Doughty – Telescopes in English Camp [Sir Norman Lockyer is watching toward the camera – Two telescopes on tripods – Eclipse clock on the left hand side – at least two other instruments in the background]
43. The Scotch Camp [half a mile distant from Sir N. Lockyer’s camp and conducted by Pr. Ralph Copeland – the image shows three members of the Spanish Guardia Civile meeting Englishmen – One telescope in the background]
44. Solar Eclipse Expedition – May 1900 – The Eclipse Clock [Shows the pendulum time-keeper surrounded by four English sailors wearing straw hats]
Solar Eclipse Expedition – May 1900
45. Mid. Cruttwell – Mr. Wyllie, A.R.A – Capt. Tisdall [Shows William Lionel Wyllie, the artist, seated on boxes and sketching, surrounded by Captain Tisdall of Theseus in civil clothes, and Midshipman Cecil. G. Cruttwell – The National Maritime Museum owns four works in its collections by W.L. Wyllie depicting this very event: PAE 1070, PAE 1071, PAE 4024 and PAE 4528 – PAE 1070 especially gives an accurate image of the eclipse and shows the camp, crew, instruments, etc]
46. On the quarter deck of the Theseus – St. Surg. Eames, the Padré, Mr. Wyllie, A.R.A., Fl. Pay. Askham [Shows Mr. Wyllie sketching on the deck, surrounded by these men – A sailor is watching in the background – The Padré is actually Reverend G.B. Robinson]

Gibraltar
47. [Distant view of the Rock of Gibraltar – a rowing boat is passing by – sail in the background]
48. [Closer view of the Rock, along a beach – A boy is carrying what looks like weeds from the sea to the beach]
49. [Closer view of the Rock with harbour, town, boats, etc]

50. Nice [General view of the city from above]

51. Officers of H.M.S. Theseus – July 1899 [Portrayed group on the deck of Theseus numbered from left to right and top to bottom]

i. Lieut. Pattrick
ii. Mr. Daniels, Gunner T.
iii. Asst. Pay. Green
iv. Clerk M.G. Bennett
v. Mr. Prym, Carpenter
vi. Mr. Muir, Boatswain
vii. Mr. Coleman,
viii. Lieut. Shipster
ix. Lieut. Frazer
x. Asst. Engr. Portch
xi. Lieut. Crabtree
xii. Mr. Cope, Gunner
xiii. Lieut. Oliver
xiv. Surgeon Martin
xv. Capt. Whitmarsh, R.M.L.I.
xvi. Nav. Instr. Slator
xvii. St. Surg. Eames
xviii. Fl. Pay. Askham
xix. Capt. V.A. Tisdall
xx. Lieut. Doughty
xxi. Comdr. Robertson
xxii. Fl. Engr. Simmons
xxiii. Rev. G.B. Robinson
xxiv. Nav. Cadet Bell
xxv. Mid. Hallowes
xxvi. Nav. Cadet Bateman
xxvii. Mid. Darwall
52. T.B. No.95 Tender to Theseus – 1900 [White Torpedo Boat No.95 (1892-95) – Starboard broadside view – Malta in the background]
53. H.M.S. Ramillies off Salonika [Same picture as No.32 in Album 150 – Starboard just off bow view of H.M.S. Ramillies (1892) – Salonika in the background]

54. Custom House – Smyrna [Turkey – View of the harbour]
55. The front – Smyrna [View of a street with people and animals: camels, donkeys…]
56. Caravan Bridge – Smyrna [Shows what is now the Kemer Bridge over the River Melez, itself very low on the image]
57. Palermo [General view towards the harbour – Sails and cargo ships in the distant background]

58. Cruiser Squadron 1900-1901 [handwritten caption] – Mediterranean Cruising Squadron – Commodore Winsloe 1900-1. H.M.S. Vindictive (1897), H.M.S. Juno (1895), H.M.S. Gladiator (1896), H.M.S. St George (1892), H.M.S. Theseus (1892), H.M.S. Venus (1895) [All of this is printed on the picture which is actually a montage of six smaller photographs, each of them showing a ship. Alfred L. Winsloe was Captain of H.M.S St-George and Commodore 2nd Class]
59. H.M.S. Juno & St. George at Alexandretta [Modern Iskenderun in Turkey – Shows distant bow view of H.M.S. Juno (1895) and H.M.S. St. George (1892), Mountainous background, with boats in the neighbourhood]
60. 2nd Division (Theseus, Juno, Venus) Cruiser Squadron entering Messina [Starboard bow view of H.M.S. Juno (1895) and H.M.S. Venus (1895) – Probably taken from H.M.S. Theseus deck]
61. Camels at Alexandretta [shows a caravan assembling. This image is the same as No. 17 in Album 150]
62. Camels at Alexandretta [shows a caravan underway, passing in single file from right to left. This image is the same as No. 23 in Album 150]

[January 1901, HMS Theseus at Deuthero Cove]

63. Snow man on quarter-deck of Theseus at Deuthero Cove, Jan 1901. [Comdr Boyle standing behind a snowman on deck. Image same as No. 27 in Album 150]
64. Mid Mack [Midshipman Ralph Mack and Boatswain James Coleman standing on the quarterdeck beside the snowman. Either Juno or Venus is in the background].
65. Lieut. Doughty, Lieut. Frazer, St. Surg. Eames, Sub. Lieut. Townsend, Lieut. Crabtree, Lieut. Pattrick, Mr. Coleman, Bosun. [A group photograph of officers standing by the snowman on th quarterderck].
66. Snowman on quarter deck of Theseus at Deuthero Cove, Jan 1901. Lieut. Doughty, Lieut. Crabtree, Cmdr. Boyle, Lieut. Gudieus, Fl. Pay Askham [group of officers around a smaller snowman. Image same as No. 26 in Album 150]
67. 2nd Division of Cruiser Squadron (Theseus, Juno & Venus) at Deuthero Cove, Jan 1901. [view from starboard wing of bridge looking across to Juno and Venus in the middle distance. Image same as No. 25 in Album 150].
68. Sentry on fore-bridge of Theseus, at Deuthero Cove, Jan 1901 [deck covered with snow]
69. Bighi Bay, Valetta Harbour, Malta. [view across Grand Harbour towards Bighi, with two-masted lateen-rigged vessel in foreground on starboard tack].
70. Valetta [view of Valetta in background, with barquantine undersail but hove-to.]
71. Valeta [view of Valetta in background, with two sailing ships at rest (but not anchored?) sailed furled.]
72. Platea, Greece [view of battle field of Platea, with small hut in background. Image same as No. 31 in Album 150]
73. Empress of Austria’s Palace, Corfu. ]view of the palace from the side with people passing through the wrought iron gate]
74. Phalerum Bay, Greece [A view from the hill across the bay. Phalerum was originally a major port for Athens]
75. The Square, Alexandria [a general view of the square]
76. Statue of late Queen Victoria in Stada Reale on the occasion of her funeral [view of the crowds, marines and flowers around the statue of Victoria in the Strada Reale, Valetta. Image same as No. 42 in Album 150]
77. cups won by Theseus, May 1901.(l-r) Admiral’s Cup, All comer’s cup, Navy Eight Medal, Range Cup, Fleet Challenge Cup, Marching Cup, Ship shooting cup [Image same as No. 47 in Album 150]
78. Billy Lane [Print missing]
79. Another view of HMS Theseus aground, July 1899. Taken from HMS Revenge. [broadside port view of Theseus, taken looking across the quarterdeck of Revenge. Sailors working on deck with hawsers. A Maxim Gun on a wooden land carriage is by the 13.5 inch gun in the foreground].

Two views of combined Mediterranean & Channel fleets, anchored of Lagos, Portugal, September 1901. [Two long panoramic views of the fleet at anchor]
80. Distant view [Image same as No. 71 in Album 150]
81. Closer view of the fleet at anchor. [Image same as No. 70 in Album 150]

82. Gun room. HMS Theseus, July 1901. [Group photograph numbered: 1. Self (clerk), 2. Walsh (Mid), 3. Price (Mid), 4. Latimer (Mid), 5. Cruttwell (Mid), 6. Boughey (Mid), 7. Berry (A. E.), 8. Green (A. P.), 9. Townsend (Sub-Lieut), 10. Perkins (A. E.), 11. Portch (A. E.), 12. Creagh (Mid), 13. Lambert (Mid), 14. Jameson (Mid), 15. Bateman (Mid), 16. Skinner (Mid).]
83. HMS Ophir (1891) in Malta, April 1901 [view of Grand Harbour with Ophir dressed-overall, and warships in lines behind, including Majestic and Royal Sovereign class battleships, Arrogant class cruiser, and five Torpedo Boats. The Ophir was carrying the Duke & Duchess of York to Australia via Malta. Image similar to No. 88 in Album 150]
84. Interior of St John’s Cathedral, Valetta.
85. Strada San Giovanni, Valetta [view up the steps of the street]
86. Opera House, Valetta [external view]
87. View of Damascus [postcard]
88. [postcard of three images, annotated] 1. River Abana, 2. River Pharphar, 3. Piece of wall in the Street which was called Straight.
89. [postcard of Damascus: 1. St Paul’s War, 2. Bab Sharki, Gate of the Sun, the easternmost of the Damascus gates].
90. [postcard of Damascus, annotated]: 1. View from Minaret in Mosque of Omar, 2. Abraham’s Tree, 3. Place in wall down which St. Paul was lowered in a basket when he escaped from Damascus by night.
91. The Matador [postcard showing the matador with bull in an arena]
92. The Picador [postcard showing the picador stabbing lance into a bull]
93. The Matador [Matador in process of avoiding the bull]
94. The Matador [Matador in process of avoiding the bull]
95. [Image missing] Mrs A in Casino San Stephano Garden, Ramlah, Alexandra.
96. [Image missing] Mrs A in Casino San Stephano Garden, Ramlah, Alexandra
97. [Image missing] Mrs A and children
98. HMS Magnificent (my first effort in the photographic line) [bow view of Magnificent (1894), underway].
99. Fuuchal, Madeira, from the anchorage
100. Fuuchal, Madeira, from the anchorage [steamer at anchor in middle distance].
101. Gardens in Ponta Delgada, San Miguel, Azores
102. Gardens, Barcelona
103. Quarter deck of HMS Bulwark (1899) cleared for action (1903). [crew numbered:] 1. Davis, 2. Self, 3. Shearme, 4. Capt. French.
104. Picnic party from HMS King Edward VII at Maramice, May 1905. [view of the ships boats on the shoreline with sailors and marines on shore].
105. Xmas Day 1903. On roof of No. 29 Sta Mezzodi, Malta [group photo, numbered:] 1. Ownes, 2. Shearme, 3. Self, 4. Davis, 5. Carter, 6. Cavanagh
106. Same as above [group photo, numbered:] 1. Cavanagh, 2. Shearme, 3. Davis, 4. Hicks, 5. Self, 6. Carter.
107. Strada Mezzodi, Malta taken from No. 29. [view of street]
108. [as above, looking the other way]
109. HMS Pathfinder [broadside view, in middle distance]
110. Lloyd [Image missing]
111. Clare, Self, Hodson [Image missing]