HMS Boadicea, under repair in the graving dock, Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, anonymous, c. 1875 - c. 1900

Title(s)

HMS Boadicea, under repair in the graving dock, Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope

Object type

• photograph

Object number

NG-2005-26

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘H.M.S. BOADICEA, 16 GUNS IRON S, CORVETTE 4140 TONS UNDER REPAIR IN THE GRAVING DOCK, TABLE BAY, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. DIMENSIONS OF THE DOCK. Length on floor 500 feet Width of Entrance 68 feet Depth over Cill 26 feet - at high water of Spring tides Do. 21 feet - at low water of Spring tides The graving Dock forms a part of the Docks & extensive Harbour Improvements now being carried out in Table Bay from designs by and under the Directions of Sir John Cood, C.E.’
• inscription: ‘AUTOTYPE’

Description

Ingelijste zwart-wit foto van HMS Boadicea, ter reparatie in het droogdok in Table Bay, Kaap de Goede Hoop. Geplakt op papier. Onder de foto opschrift.

Artist

• anonymous

Place

Cape of Good Hope

Dating

c. 1875 - c. 1900

Material

• paper
• cardboard
• glass

Technique

collotype

Measurements

height 22 cm × width 18 cm
height 50 cm × width 32 cm

When

• 1875 - 1900

Where

• Cape of Good Hope

Who

• Boadicea (schip)

Acquisition

2005

Copyright

Public domain