Reefing topsails on board the training ship HMS Impregnable, Devonport, Devon Finish:10-pack flowing over rocks with surrounding

flowing over rocks with surrounding trees

The dorsal fin is absent and shown by a dotted line

To whom this Plate is most humbly Inscribed by his most obedient Servant

Top left view shows St James's Palace

from a paper submitted to the Royal Society

Reefing topsails on board the training ship HMS Impregnable, Devonport, Devon Finish:10-pack flowing over rocks with surroundingReefing topsails on board the training ship HMS 'Impregnable', Devonport, Devon, 1896. HMS 'Impregnable' was a second rate ship of the line that became a training ship at Devonport in 1862. She was replaced in the role by HMS 'Howe' in 1886, with the 'Howe' being renamed 'Impregnable'. A succession of further ships served as HMS 'Impregnable' until the establishment was decommissioned in 1948. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 7th August