An image showing 'N24390; Mrs Violet Thesiger, wife of Rear Admiral B S Thesiger CB, CMG, Admiral Superintendent of the Dockyard, pulling on the toggles to lay the first keel plate of the cruiser London (1927) on No. 5 Slip, Portsmouth Dockyard. Number 3 Ship Shop is in the background. A copy negative made in 1927 of a photographic print.'

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The laying of the keel of the cruiser LONDON (1927) at Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

Mrs Violet Thesiger, wife of Rear Admiral B S Thesiger CB, CMG, Admiral Superintendent of the Dockyard, pulling on the toggles to lay the first keel plate of the cruiser London (1927) on No. 5 Slip, Portsmouth Dockyard. Number 3 Ship Shop is in the background. A copy negative made in 1927 of a photographic print.

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Object details

ID:	N24390
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	23 February 1926
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 120 mm x 164 mm