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A very distant starboard side view of sailing vessels getting under way in The Downs (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard bow view of the Royal Navy armoured cruiser Black Prince (1904) being launched in the shipyard of Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., at Blackwall, London. (Glass plate negative)
A close view of the starboard side of the hull of the Royal Navy armoured cruiser Black Prince (1904) on launch day in the shipyard of Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., at Blackwall, London (Glass plate negative)
A starboard bow view, taken from fine off the bow, of the Royal Navy battleship Cornwallis (1901) entering the water on launching at the Thames Iron Works shipyard at Blackwall, London. (Glass plate negative)
A crowd of shipyard workers and spectators watching the launch of the Royal Navy battleship Thunderer (1911) at the Thames Iron Works shipyard at Blackwall, London. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard bow view of the Royal Navy armoured cruiser Black Prince (1904) being launched in the shipyard of Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., at Blackwall, London. (Glass plate negative)
A close view of the starboard side of the hull of the Royal Navy armoured cruiser Black Prince (1904) on launch day in the shipyard of Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., at Blackwall, London (Glass plate negative)
A starboard bow view, taken from fine off the bow, of the Royal Navy battleship Cornwallis (1901) sliding down the ways on launching at the Thames Iron Works shipyard at Blackwall, London. (Glass plate negative)
A distant bow view, taken from very fine off the starboard bow, of the Royal Navy battleship Thunderer (1911) fully afloat after launching at the Thames Iron Works shipyard at Blackwall, London. (Glass plate negative)
A distant bow view of the Royal Navy armoured cruiser Black Prince (1904) being launched in the shipyard of Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., at Blackwall, London. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard bow view, taken from fine off the bow, of the Royal Navy battleship Thunderer (1911) being launched at the Thames Iron Works shipyard at Blackwall, London. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard bow view, taken from very fine off the bow, of the Royal Navy battleship Cornwallis (1901) almost afloat on launching at the Thames Iron Works shipyard at Blackwall, London. (Glass plate negative)
Tower Bridge, Upper Pool, London. (Glass plate negative)
A close-up view of the stern of the Union-Castle Line passenger/cargo liner Cawdor Castle (1902) in the Thames Iron Works, Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. dry dock at Blackwall, London. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard quarter view of the Cunard passenger liner Campania (1893) alongside a wharf in Liverpool Docks. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant bow view of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) under sail in The Downs, approaching the beach at Walmer. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard bow view, of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A distant starboard quarter view of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Clan Line cargo liner Clan Mackenzie (1882) under way in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam,of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the Japanese cargo liner Sanuki Maru (1897) under way in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
On board the partially sunken wreck of the steamship Patria (1894) in The Downs, between Deal and Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard bow view of the lug rigged dinghy Sandpiper (1899) about to be launched from the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
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