An image showing 'N24559; Looking forward and to port from the top of B turret on the battlecruiser Repulse (1916) showing a large steel rod being hoisted clear from the left side of the left 15 inch gun. The rod has a collar near the top with a spline lower down and is believed to be the breech hinge pin. The ship is berthed under the 250 ton hammerhead crane on the north side of the promontory in No. 3 Basin of Portsmouth Dockyard.'

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Removing the left gun in B turret of the battlecruiser Repulse (1916) in No. 3 Basin, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

Looking forward and to port from the top of B turret on the battlecruiser Repulse (1916) showing a large steel rod being hoisted clear from the left side of the left 15 inch gun. The rod has a collar near the top with a spline lower down and is believed to be the breech hinge pin. The ship is berthed under the 250 ton hammerhead crane on the north side of the promontory in No. 3 Basin of Portsmouth Dockyard. Her 15 inch guns are being replaced during a three year modernization. Vertical format.

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Object details

ID:	N24559
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	February 1935
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 126 mm x 100 mm