3-074-933 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

H.M.S. Raleigh, 1890. 'Of the three British ships of war which have been sent to Delagoa Bay, the Raleigh is the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wells, commanding the Cape and West Coast of Africa station. The Raleigh, Captain H. Wilmot Fawkes, is a second-class cruiser of 5200 tons, and carries twenty-four guns, of which eight are 90-cwt., eight 6-in. 81-cwt., and eight 5-in. 38-cwt. guns, together with twelve machine and four light guns. She was built at Chatham in 1873...Our Illustration is from a photograph by Messrs. Symonds and Co., Portsmouth'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.