Building the destroyer Dainty (1950) in the shipyard of J Samuel White & Co Ltd, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire.

A prefabricated section of the hull of the destroyer Dainty (1950) in the welding shop at the East Cowes shipyard of J Samuel White & Co Ltd. The section is the stern of the ship from frame 103 and it is the right way up, supported on timber baulks. A copy negative of a photographic print produced from Beken of Cowes negative number 29576.

Object details

ID: N49964
Type: Negative
Materials: Polyester negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 11 November 1949
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 81 mm x 118 mm