An image showing 'N24565; Looking forward and to port along the length of the left 15 inch gun from the top of B turret above the breech on the battlecruiser Repulse (1916) showing men placing lifting wires around the barrel . 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 and to port along the length of the left 15 inch gun from the top of B turret above the breech on the battlecruiser Repulse (1916) showing men placing lifting wires around the barrel . 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:	N24565
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