An image showing 'N24567; Looking forward along the length of the left 15 inch gun from the top of B turret above the breech on the battlecruiser Repulse (1916) showing the barrel about to be lifted clear of its cradle. 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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Removing the left gun in B turret of the battlecruiser Repulse (1916) in No. 3 Basin, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

Looking forward along the length of the left 15 inch gun from the top of B turret above the breech on the battlecruiser Repulse (1916) showing the barrel about to be lifted clear of its cradle. 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:	N24567
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