Battlecruisers and aircraft carriers anchored at Spithead, Hampshire.

A very distant port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the battlecruisers and aircraft carriers anchored in Line E at Spithead on Whit Sunday, preparing for the Coronation Review of the fleet by His Majesty King George VI. From left to right they are the Hood (1918), Repulse (1916), Glorious (1916), Courageous (1916) and Furious (1916). Slightly unsharp.

Object details

ID: N49925
Type: Negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bell, Edgar
Vessels: Hood (1918)
Date made: 16 May 1937
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 46 mm x 67 mm