LXXXIII
H.M.S. “LION” IN DRY DOCK
The great hull we see here has seen more battling in the present war than any other of our “capital” ships. Officially “sunk” by the Germans, she will yet prove a troublesome ghost to them. In the foreground the dockyard workers are busily surveying the ship’s Gargantuan cables for weakened or damaged links.
LXXXIV
ON A BATTLESHIP: LOWERING A BOAT FROM THE MAIN DERRICK
The “Main Derrick” is a great crane and lifts a heavy boat like the one in the drawing, or an Admiral’s barge, out of the water and stows it on deck with the greatest ease.
