An image showing 'N24438; The starboard side of the stern of the battlecruiser Hood (1918) taken from a slightly elevated position on 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 but is still folded. The crane is fore and aft with the jib raised. The guns in Y turret are at maximum depression.'

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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 a slightly elevated position on 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 but is still folded. The crane is fore and aft with the jib raised. The guns in Y turret are at maximum depression. Four seamen can just be seen at the bottom of the picture painting the boot topping from a pontoon alongside the hull.

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Object details

ID:	N24438
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