An image showing 'N24608; A close view of the starboard side of the hull amidships of the light cruiser on No. 5 Slip, Portsmouth Dockyard, during pre-launch preparations. The photograph is taken from the south side of the slip east of No. 3 Ship Shop. Two dockyard railway trucks numbers 53 and 58 are in the foreground. On the left is a notice board informing the locations of the nearest first aid box and stretchers.'

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The light cruiser Aurora (1936) on No. 5 Slip, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

A close view of the starboard side of the hull amidships of the light cruiser on No. 5 Slip, Portsmouth Dockyard, during pre-launch preparations. The photograph is taken from the south side of the slip east of No. 3 Ship Shop. Two dockyard railway trucks numbers 53 and 58 are in the foreground. On the left is a notice board informing the locations of the nearest first aid box and stretchers.

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Object details

ID:	N24608
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	August 1936
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm