H.M.S. TEMERAIRE. Battleship, 18,1600 tons. Cost £1,625,000; Length, 520 feet; Beam, 82 feet; Draught, 26 feet; Speed, 20 3/4 knots. Armed with Ten 12 in.; Sixteen 4 in.; Four Small Quick Firing Guns, and Three Torpedo Tubes.

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H.M.S. TEMERAIRE. Battleship, 18,1600 tons. Cost £1,625,000; Length, 520 feet; Beam, 82 feet; Draught, 26 feet; Speed, 20 3/4 knots. Armed with Ten 12 in.; Sixteen 4 in.; Four Small Quick Firing Guns, and Three Torpedo Tubes.

Publisher: Gale & Polden, Ltd., Printers (English)

British

Medium/Technique Photolithograph with blue embossment on cardstock.

Dimensions Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder

Accession Number2015.3467

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionBack: divided. Mint.
G&P BRITISH PRINTING.
Printed in England by Gale & Polden, Ltd., London, Aldershot and Portsmouth.
6

InscriptionsCollector's stamp 1937

ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)