An image showing 'N24634; 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 seen from above and is rectangular. Carved on the lid of the casket is a representation of the ship's badge, a rising sun over a sea horizon, with a mermaid riding in a sea shell which is being pulled by two seahorses. The handle on the lid is in the shape of a cockleshell.'

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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 seen from above and is rectangular. Carved on the lid of the casket is a representation of the ship's badge, a rising sun over a sea horizon, with a mermaid riding in a sea shell which is being pulled by two seahorses. The handle on the lid is in the shape of a cockleshell.

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Object details

ID:	N24634
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