Title

The Royal Yacht leaving Cowes, Isle of Wight, 6 August 1902.

Caption

The Royal Yacht leaving Cowes, Isle of Wight, 6 August 1902. 'HMY Victoria and Albert' leaving Cowes for Portsmouth on Wednesday afternoon, 6 August, with King Edward VII on board, bound for his coronation which took place on 9 August. 'HMY Victoria and Albert' was designed by the Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy Sir William White, launched in 1899 and ready for service in 1901. This was the third yacht to be named Victoria and Albert and she was fitted with steam engines fired by Belleville water-tube boilers. She served four sovereigns, and was decommissioned as royal yacht in 1939, served in the Second World War, and was broken up in 1954. From "The Sphere", [1902]

Date

1902

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F12_133

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

66,3Mb (5,8Mb) / 20,9in x 12,3in / 6263 x 3700 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph transport transportation England event boat boats ship ships British yacht century Britain isle of wight B&W Cowes MONOCHROME steamship water transport black & white black and white B W 1900s 20th century The Print Collector coronation royal event royal yacht steam ship TGN Victoria and Albert photograph Unknown Prince of Wales Prince Edward King Edward VII Edward VII Wettin Prince Albert Edward Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David King of Great Britain and Ireland