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A starboard bow view of the Royal Navy battleship Jupiter (1895) at anchor in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A close-up view of the port side of the bow of the Royal Navy composite screw gunboat Albacore (1883) at anchor, probably in the Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of a demolition charge exploding amidships on the partially sunken wreck of the steamship Patria (1894) in The Downs, between Deal and Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A port bow view of the Royal Navy battleship Jupiter (1895) at anchor in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A port bow view of the Royal Navy armoured cruiser Leviathan (1901) at anchor in The Downs or the Thames Estuary. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port bow view of the Royal Navy battleship Majestic (1895) at anchor with other units the Channel Fleet in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A port side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the partially sunken wreck of the steamship Patria (1894) being blown up in The Downs, between Deal and Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
On board the Royal Navy battleship Hannibal (1896) at anchor with other units the Channel Fleet in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard quarter view of the Royal Navy 1st class protected cruiser Amphitrite (1898) at anchor with other units the B Fleet in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard bow view of the Royal Navy battleship Hannibal (1896) at anchor with other units the Channel Fleet in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the Royal Navy steel screw corvette Calliope (1884) at anchor in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
Salvage operations on the deck of the partially sunken wreck of the steamship Patria (1894) in The Downs, between Deal and Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A port broadside view of the lug rigged yacht Sea Gull (1874) under sail in the Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard broadside view of the Wreck Marking Light Vessel marking the wreck of the steamship Patria (1894) in The Downs, between Deal and Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the partially sunken wreck of the steamship Patria (1894) in The Downs, between Deal and Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
On board the Wreck Marking Light Vessel marking the wreck of the steamship Patria (1894) in The Downs, between Deal and Walmer, Kent (Glass plate negative)
A distant view of an unidentified dock caisson under tow in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
On board the wreck of the steamship Ardoe (1880) beached off Sandown Castle, The Downs, Kent (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard bow view of the of the Royal Navy iron screw corvette Volage (1869) at anchor in The Downs or the Thames Estuary (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the Royal Navy 2nd class protected cruiser Fox (1893) at anchor in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the Royal Navy iron screw corvette Active (1869) at anchor in The Downs or the Thames Estuary. (Glass plate negative)
A stern view of the of the Royal Navy iron screw corvette Volage (1869) at anchor in The Downs or the Thames Estuary (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant stern view of the of the Royal Navy iron screw corvette Volage (1869) at anchor in The Downs or the Thames Estuary (Glass plate negative)
A starboard quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the Royal Navy iron screw corvette Active (1869) at anchor in The Downs or the Thames Estuary. (Glass plate negative)
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