<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Calliope_(1884)" class="extiw" title="en:HMS Calliope (1884)">HMS <i>Calliope</i></a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso_class_cruiser" class="extiw" title="en:Calypso class cruiser"><i>Calypso</i> class cruiser</a>, showing wheel at aft end of quarterdeck, sheltered by poop deck above.  Given vantage point, may be RN and therefore offical UK government photo.
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Unknown photographer
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