Armed Merchant Cruiser Himalaya (1892) wartime service, 1914 - 1919
A paper album containing 88 captioned photographic prints of the wartime service of HM Armed Merchant Cruiser Himalaya (1892) in Hong Kong and China.
It covers various topics:
1) Life onboard with photographs of the crew and officers
2) Photographs of some of the ships that they brought in as prizes or searched
3) Photographs of the China Fleet, and foreign warships
4) Photographs of the wreck of the German Cruiser Emden, sunk November 1914 on a reef.
See NOTES Field for full list of the plates with descriptions relating to this album.
It covers various topics:
1) Life onboard with photographs of the crew and officers
2) Photographs of some of the ships that they brought in as prizes or searched
3) Photographs of the China Fleet, and foreign warships
4) Photographs of the wreck of the German Cruiser Emden, sunk November 1914 on a reef.
See NOTES Field for full list of the plates with descriptions relating to this album.
Object Details
| ID: | ALB0497 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Photograph Album |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | Circa 1919 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 305 mm x 241 mm |
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