The Grand Fleet in Scapa Flow

A view of some of the battleships and armoured cruisers of the Grand Fleet in Scapa Flow. From left to right, the warships present are a Queen Elizabeth class battleship, two members of the Orion class battleships, an armoured cruiser of the Minotaur class, another Orion, an armoured cruiser of the Warrior class and a battleship of the Queen Elizabeth class. A large number of cormorants can be seen on the water in the foreground. See also image N16624.

Object details

ID: N16627
Type: Sheet film negative
Materials: Silver halide: nitrate
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Curzon, Francis Richard Henry Penn
Vessels: Achilles (1905); Barham (1914) Warspite (1913)
Date made: March 1916
People: John Brown & Company Ltd; HM Dockyard, Chatham Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd Her Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 110 mm x 160 mm