An image showing 'N24436; The starboard side of the stern of the battlecruiser Hood (1918) taken from Sheer Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard. The photographer is focussing on the Farnborough FIVH catapult and the Stothert & Pitt crane fitted on the quarterdeck. The catapult is trained athwartships and is fully unfolded. The crane is slewed to starboard and the jib is fully raised.'

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The battlecruiser Hood (1918) at Sheer Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard.

The starboard side of the stern of the battlecruiser Hood (1918) taken from Sheer Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard. The photographer is focussing on the Farnborough FIVH catapult and the Stothert & Pitt crane fitted on the quarterdeck. The catapult is trained athwartships and is fully unfolded. The crane is slewed to starboard and the jib is fully raised. The guns in Y turret are at maximum depression. Four seamen are painting the boot topping from a pontoon alongside the hull.

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Object details

ID:	N24436
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	31 July 1931
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 120 mm x 164 mm