Looking forward towards the main and foremasts on HMS 'Penguin' (1876)

A view from the roof of the chart house on the quarter deck looking forward towards the main and foremasts on the composite screw sloop 'Penguin' (1876) underway at sea. Sailors are on the yards of the foremast possibly unfurling the sails on the foremast yards.

Object Details

ID: N64365
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Dawson, Willoughby Pudsey
Events: Sinking of Elingamite, 1902
Vessels: Penguin (1876)
Date made: 1902-1905
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 118 mm x 99 mm