Magic lantern slide
Acc.no: PEZPH : 2009.380
Identification
Item: 1904 Fleet Review, Mounts Bay
Description: The picture shows the pre dreadnought battleship HMS Royal Oak of the Home Fleet's 2nd in command in Mounts Bay in August 1904. This is not the HMS Royal Oak which was torpedoed at Scapa Flow in 1939; this one was scrapped in 1914. During the 1904 visit, HMS Barfleur and Canopy collided. A stoker aboard HMS Drake died of TB and during boat drill the carpenter from HMS Swiftsure was lost overboard. The steam from her funnel would indicate a rather windy day.
Description
Height: 73 mm
Width: 76 mm
Material: Glass plate
Production
Method: Printed
Person: Unknown
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