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Informal group photo Bellona 1901, possibly Reykjavik

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PhiloNauticus:
Yup, that fits.   He will be the seated figure.

Writers were the ships administrators - responsible for pay, correspondence  and administration.  As such they were [at this time] allowed to wear jacket and shirt etc, not the ‘sailor suit’.   

From his service record, in 1901 he was a Second Class Writer and had been awarded one good conduct badge – the anchor shows the rate and the chevron is the GCB.  He would have had a star with the letter W,  on his right arm.
The standing figure is a Chief Writer – he has the star and W badge on his jacket lapels. 

The Writer branch is still in existence in today’s Navy, see:
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/careers/roles/writer

His service record is interesting – several short periods on ‘big ships’ – battleships and cruisers, with a spell in  China [1904-08]

HarbourM:
This is so helpful, thank you for this information and help with solving this photo mystery.

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