This is a bound photograph album with blue back boards and a very weak spine. There are a large number of photographs pasted in, although the minority are to do with maritime subjects.
The album includes photographs of HMS St George (1859), particulary its officers, in 1860; and HMS Howe (1885) in 1897.
This is the skeleton career of M. B. Williams:
HMS St George (1859) 13/6/1860 - 9/2/64
HMS Canopus (1798) 28/2/65
HMS Orontes (1862) 2/3/67
HMS Prince Escort 2/4/68 as Asst. Paymaster
HMS Impregnable 13/1/72 as Asst. Paymaster
HMS Sheldrake 16/12/75 as Asst. Paymaster in charge
HMS Indus 24/10/79 as Paymaster
HMS Rifleman (1872) 18/1/81 as Paymaster
HMS Conquest (1878) 18/4/85 as Paymaster
HMS Pembroke 1/4/90 as Staff Paymaster
HMS Hood (1891) 1/9/93 as Fleet Paymaster
Possibly - HMS Warspite 1/11/96 as Fleet Paymaster
Possibly - HMS Howe (1885) 1/11/96 as Fleet Paymaster
HMS Galatea (1887) 9/11/99 as Fleet Paymaster
In 1903 he retired