An image showing 'N49959; The prefabricated bow section of the destroyer Contest (1944) being hoisted into position on a building berth at the East Cowes shipyard of J Samuel White & Co Ltd. The section is from the stem to bulkhead 4. Vertical format. A copy negative of a photographic print. The original negative may have been by Beken of Cowes.'

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Building the destroyer Contest (1944) in the shipyard of J Samuel White & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire.

The prefabricated bow section of the destroyer Contest (1944) being hoisted into position on a building berth at the East Cowes shipyard of J Samuel White & Co Ltd. The section is from the stem to bulkhead 4. Vertical format. A copy negative of a photographic print. The original negative may have been by Beken of Cowes.

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Object details

ID:	N49959
Type:	Negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	6 July 1944
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 118 mm x 90 mm