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I don't have enough information or confirming sources to make a proper identification, but perhaps this can catch the eye of someone who does. From what appears to be a partial name on the destroyer, and using this photograph to compare it to other destroyers in its class (Beagle) this may be the HMS Foxhound – a Beagle Class Destroyer launched on 11 December, 1909 and scraped in November 1921. If this is the HMS Foxhound the following information would support it.  [1] [2] [3] In mid-1913 she was serving with the Third Destroyer Flotilla. Commander William G. Howard commanded her while she covered the landings at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli in April, 1915 with the 2nd Squadron.                                      Sunday 25 April 1915

"Sixteen laden ship's lifeboats were towed in by picket boats, followed by equally-laden destroyers towing more lifeboats for their troops to disembark in; landing started around 0430, destroyers came under heavy machine gun and rifle fire. Many troops killed on the decks, crews suffered casualties. By 1400, 12,000 troops of 1st Australian Division were ashore with two batteries of Indian artillery, and within 24 hours, the 2nd Australian Division including a New Zealand Brigade had joined them."  [4]

It looks like someone important is arriving or departing from Man o' war wharf.

Arthur Phillips later -

The "beautiful boat / ketch" (see note) is HMS Undine - see . This could be a celebration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887.

beachcomberaustralia - good point about the 1887 celebrations. A naval regatta would have been just the thing.

Lifeasdaddy, I was prompted by your post on the other HMS Undine photo which refers to an AWM photo identifying the 1887 Jubilee. It could also be a celebration for the Centenary in 1888.

Looking across the Lane Cove River from Hunters Hill towards St Ignatius College...with the Lane Cove Bridge in the foreground... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164900578 - Sydney Mail, 2nd December, 1903...similar pic here, but taken from the nearby Fig Tree ferry wharf (see pic top rhs)... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165380556 - the Sydney Mail, 31st December, 1902...another pic of the bridge and surrounds here (see pic bottom of page)... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165291990 - the Sydney Mail, 2nd March, 1901...pic of the opening of the Lane Cove Bridge.