ATLANTIC OCEAN. - CIRCUMNAVIGATOR - THE IRON HULLED SCREW SHIP RIGGED CORVETTE HMS VOLAGE. A HAND WRITTEN CAPTION ON THE VERSO OF THE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH READS 'COMMISSIONED HMS VOLAGE 7 OCTOBER 1894 LEFT FOR HMS EXCELLENT 22 MAY 1895. WEST INDIA TRIP ONE OFTHE SHIPS GOT HER SCREW UP AND FUNNEL DOWN AND COULD DO HER 18 KNOTS UNDER SAIL WITH A NICE BREEZE.'. SEEN HERE ON PASSAGE IN THE ATLANTIC FROM WEST INDIES IN MAY 1895. SHIP SERVED WITH THE FLYING IN 1904.
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SOURCE: AJAX VINTAGE PI

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Size: 2924px × 2156px
Location: ATLANTIC OCEAN.
Photo credit: © AJAXNETPHOTO/VINTAGE COLL. / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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