The Grand Fleet

Ships of the Grand Fleet at anchor. Closest to the camera is HMS Lion (1910) with a pair of drifters just astern of her. Beyond her (from left to right) are HMS Erin (1913), HMS Canada (1913), a Revenge class battleship, an Iron Duke class battleship, a Courageous class battlecruiser, a Birmingham class light cruiser and a Birkenhead class light cruiser.

Object details

ID: N16735
Type: Sheet film negative
Materials: Silver halide: nitrate
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Curzon, Francis Richard Henry Penn
Vessels: Canada (1913); Birkenhead (1915) Erin (1913) Glorious (1916) Lion (1910)
Date made: 1917
People: Her Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport; Vickers, Sons & Maxim Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd Harland & Wolff Ltd Cammell Laird & Co Ltd
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 110 mm x 160 mm