Union Castle Mail Steamship Company Limited - Tantallon Castle (1894)

A grey card bound album with 53 pages and 69 photographs (photo-mechanical process). The album was printed by 'T. AND A. CONSTABLE, EDINBURGH'. Stuck to the front cover is the printed label "THE CRUISE OF THE TANTALLON CASTLE, JUNE MDCCCXCV".
The album also contains a manuscript letter signed by VIPs onboard Tantallon Castle.
This is an album recording the cruise of the Tantallon Castle (1894) to Kiel for the celebrations to mark the opening of the Kiel Canal in June 1895. The album includes the following themes:
Tantallon Castle (1894)
Hohenzollern (1892)
Sir Donald Currie (died 1909)
June 1895 opening of the Kiel Canal
Tilbury, Elsinore, Kiel, Heligoland

Object Details

ID: ALB0627
Type: Photograph album
Display location: Not on display
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 444 mm x 355 mm