Leonard Bentley
Victoria Embankment
This is a Leon & Levy postcard published in about 1905 showing Victoria Embankment looking downstream towards Blackfriars Bridge. Moored alongside the Embankment is HMS Buzzard, a Nymphe Class sloop built in 1887 at Sheerness. HMS Buzzard was a screw and sail ship that spent its service on the North America and Caribbean stations until 1904 when it was paid off and became the London Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Drill ship. In April 1911 it was renamed HMS President and survived until 1921 when it was sold to Dutch shipbreakers.
Victoria Embankment
This is a Leon & Levy postcard published in about 1905 showing Victoria Embankment looking downstream towards Blackfriars Bridge. Moored alongside the Embankment is HMS Buzzard, a Nymphe Class sloop built in 1887 at Sheerness. HMS Buzzard was a screw and sail ship that spent its service on the North America and Caribbean stations until 1904 when it was paid off and became the London Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Drill ship. In April 1911 it was renamed HMS President and survived until 1921 when it was sold to Dutch shipbreakers.