32ft cutter RMG N16628
<p>A cutter is made fast to a boat boom alongside HMS Queen Elizabeth Battleship (1913); a sailor is aboard the boat as boatkeeper. The photo was probably taken in Scapa Flow, by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Curzon,_5th_Earl_Howe" class="extiw" title="en:Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe">Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe</a>.
</p><p>The 32ft cutter moored to the starboard boat boom of HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913), with a sailor on boat duty at the stern. This photograph was taken from the level of the upper deck, probably just adjacent to the foremost 6-inch casemate. Of the three armoured cruisers in the background, the one on the extreme left cannot be identified but may be a member of the Warrior class. Close by it is a ship of the Monmouth class and to the right is a ship of the Devonshire class.
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Curzon, Commander RNVR, The Viscount, 5th Earl Howe PC, CBE, VD</div>
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