An image showing 'N24560; Looking forward, to port and down from the top of B turret on the battlecruiser Repulse (1916) showing men working with a chain hoist near the breech end of the left 15 inch gun. 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.'

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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, to port and down from the top of B turret on the battlecruiser Repulse (1916) showing men working with a chain hoist near the breech end of the left 15 inch gun. 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.

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Object details

ID:	N24560
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	February 1935
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 100 mm x 126 mm