Royal Naval Warships and P&O Liners

1. HMS ‘Captain’ (1869). At quayside, starboard bow. Neg.58/6179
2. Interior gun turret of HMS ‘Hotspur’ (1870). Negs. 58/6180 and 7115
3. A copy of a painting of HMS ‘Revenge’ (1870) in a very stormy sea, starboard bow
4. A man of war, two gun decks, in calm water with many sails set, starboard bow. Rowing boat with a buoy in the left foreground and a small cutter to the right. From a painting by Captain Beechey RN
5. ‘Morocco’ (1861) sail and steam, at sea port beam. Partly decipherable caption mentions Cunard, Liverpool and Mediterranean.
6. HMS ‘Agincourt’ (1863) in calm water, offshore, starboard beam
7. HMS ‘Invincible’ (1869). At anchor, sails partly furled, port beam.
8. HMS ‘Royal Alfred’ (1864). Moored, sails partly furled, port beam. Neg. 58/6186
9. 3-masted ship, sail and steam, moored, starboard beam. Similar to HMS ‘Vanguard’ (1872). A faint caption suggests ‘Penelope’.
10. HMS ‘Achilles’ (1859) at anchor, starboard ahead of beam, making smoke. Small sailing craft to the right.
11. HMS ‘Cerberus’ (1868). Moored, with a tug at the stern. Port beam. A single gun deck sailing ship in the background, just ahead of ‘Cerberus’.
12. HMS ‘Defence’ (1861) moored in Malta harbour, port aft of beam. Several other vessels in the photo.
13. HMS ‘Liverpool’ (1860) at anchor, port ahead of beam, in Plymouth Sound. Two similar vessels in the background.
14. The Channel Fleet. HMS ‘Minotaur’ (1863) and HMS ‘Monarch’ (1868) in line astern, with full sail and making smoke, port ahead of beam and port beam. Main courses furled. ‘Agincourt’ or ‘Northumberland’ in the background, just ahead of ‘Minotaur’. Photo of a painting.
15. HMS ‘Royal Alfred’ at anchor in Bermuda Dockyard. Starboard aft of beam.#
16. Unidentified 3-masted screw ship under way, starboard ahead of beam. Photo of a painting by William Gibbons. Neg. 58/6192.
17. Malta harbour with several ships, including two lateen rigged.
18. Two screw ships in Plymouth Sound, one starboard beam (HMS ‘Sultan’ (1870) between 1876 and 1888), the other starboard bow.
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19. P&O SS ‘Pera’ (1855) renamed ‘Alma’ before delivery. At anchor, port beam.
20. P&O SS ‘Delta’ (1859) paddle steamer, alongside, port beam.
21. P&O SS ‘Ellora’ (1855) alongside, port beam. Captioned as ‘Elora’.
22. P&O SS ‘Nyanza’ (1864) paddle steamer, alongside, port beam.
23. HMS ‘Helicon’ (1865) moored in a river, starboard beam.
24. SS ‘Sidon’, Cunard, off Gibraltar, port beam, other vessels in the background and a lateen rigged small vessel to the right, apparently under way but with the sail furled. From a painting.
25. Holyhead packet to Dublin, port beam. Approaching a port in a strong breeze. Other vessels in the background, including a 3-masted man of war. From a painting.
26. Steam packet ‘Albion’ and yacht ‘Meta’ at sea, port beam. From a painting.
27. HMS ‘Monarch’ (1868) at anchor at Malta, starboard beam. Three other vessels behind, all end-on to the shore. Neg. 58/6203
28. HMS ‘Monarch’ (1868) moored at Malta. Neg 58/6204.
29. HMS ‘Rupert’ (1872) at Malta, port beam.
30. HMS ‘Hotspur’ (1870) moored off a rural coastline, starboard beam. Neg. 58/6206.
31. HMS ‘Alexandra’ (1863) anchored at Malta, starboard ahead of beam.
32. HMS ‘Raleigh’ (1873) anchored at a port. Other vessels in the background.
33. HMS ‘Temeraire’ (1876) moored at Malta. Port slightly ahead of beam.
34. HMS ‘Ocean’ (1863) at anchor. Starboard ahead of beam.
35. HMS ‘Martin’ (1850) moored, port beam. Neg. 58/6211
36. HMS ‘Arrow’ moored at a port, starboard beam.
37. HMS ‘Glatton’ (1871) moored at a port, starboard ahead of beam, with a small sailing vessel alongside to port, and with ‘Victoria and Albert’ II behind and HMS ‘Sultan’ (1870) in the background.
38. HMS ‘Sultan’ (1870) anchored at a port, port ahead of beam
39. HMS ‘Hercules’ (1868) at anchor, starboard ahead of beam.
40. HMS ‘Northumberland’ (1866) deck view from aft of the mizzen with crew on deck. After 1888 or possibly 1895. Neg. 58/2816
41. HMS ‘Volage’ (1869) at anchor, port beam.
42. HMS ‘Duke of Wellington’ (1852) at anchor, starboard ahead of beam, with Indian troopships in the background, and Portsmouth Dockyard semaphore tower.

Object Details

ID: ALB0015
Type: Photograph album
Display location: Not on display
Date made: circa 1870-1880
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 267 mm x 370 mm
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