War vessels built by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd., Jarrow on Tyne, from 1885 to 1909.

Bound photograph album with blue boards measuring 17 ½ “ x 13 ½”, containing 21 leaves, with 20 photographs and a list of 75 war vessels built between 1856 and 1909. Photographs captioned with ship name and vessel type or scene description. Generally in good condition. Cover marked as title page, Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Company, Ld., WARSHIPS, annotated Album No. 16.

Yard No. Name Launched View

0. List of 75 war vessels built between 1856 and 1909, with date, displacement and IHP

1. Palmers Shipyard shewing Battleship ‘Lord Nelson’ YN 783 in course of construction, with overhead gantries, probably late 1905.
2. Engine works erecting shop
3. Palmers steel works, with many smoke stacks
4. Palmers blast furnaces
5. 9 Warships off Palmers Works, taken from foremast of H.M.S. Russell. Four Torpedo boat destroyers in middle ground, probably ‘Cherwell’, ‘Dee’, ‘Exe’ and one C class. ‘Sapphire’ next to ‘Russell’. Ca. April1904.
6. 783 H.M. 1st Class Battleship ‘Lord Nelson’ 1908 At sea, starboard bow
7. 783 Launch of H.M.S. ‘Lord Nelson’ 1908 Entering water, port bow. Large crowd viewing the scene.
8. 750 H.M. 1st class Battleship ‘Russell’ 1902 At sea, port bow
9. 655 H.M. 1st class Battleship ‘Resolution’ 1893 Alongside, port bow, crew on deck
10. 656 H.M. 1st class Battleship ‘Revenge’ 1893 At sea, port bow (near dead ahead)
11. 656 H.M. 1st class Battleship ‘Revenge’ 1893 In river, starboard bow
12. 775 H.M. Cruiser ‘Sapphire’ 1905 At sea, starboard bow
13. 567 Armoured Cruiser ‘Orlando’ 1888 At sea, starboard beam
14. 540 H.M. Despatch Vessel ‘Alacrity’ 1885 In river, starboard beam
15. 766 H.M. Torpedo boat destroyer ‘Erne’ 1904 At sea, starboard bow
16. 767 H.M. Torpedo boat destroyer ‘Ettrick’ 1904 At sea, port ahead of beam
17. 757(?) H.M. Torpedo boat destroyer ‘Wear’ 1904 In river, starboard bow, ‘Wellesley’ training ship (ex. 3rd Rate Boscawen 1844) in background.
18. 786 H.M. Torpedo boat destroyer ‘Albacore’ 1908 In river, starboard bow
19. 787 H.M. Torpedo boat destroyer ‘Bonetta’ 1908 In river, starboard beam
20. 803 H.M. 1st class Torpedo Boat No. 36 1909 Off shore, starboard beam

Object Details

ID: ALB0701
Type: photograph album
Display location: Not on display
Date made: circa 1909
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 342 mm x 445 mm