The presentation launching casket for the light cruiser Aurora (1936) in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

A study of the presentation launching casket made for the launch of the light cruiser Aurora (1936) by Lady Fisher at Portsmouth Dockyard. The wooden casket is viewed from the right side, is rectangular, stands on four small feet and carved on the right end of the casket is a representation of a four petalled flowered with the date 1936. Attached to each corner is an upright, limbless, bird-headed, winged sea-griffin.

Object details

ID: N24631
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: circa August 1936
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 120 mm x 164 mm