An image showing 'N24658; On board a V & W class destroyer in No. 8 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, looking forward from the quarterdeck. In the foreground is No. 4 gun, which is a Vickers 4-inch Mk. V. The gun is trained ahead of the port beam. A lifting strop is wrapped around the barrel of the gun and another is attached to the breech end, both strops being attached to a hoisting shackle and eye. A different style of lifting gear is attached to the barrel of No. 3 gun. Vertical format.'

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Gun lifting arrangements on board a V & W class destroyer in No. 8 Dry Dock, Portsmouth, Hampshire

On board a V & W class destroyer in No. 8 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, looking forward from the quarterdeck. In the foreground is No. 4 gun, which is a Vickers 4-inch Mk. V. The gun is trained ahead of the port beam. A lifting strop is wrapped around the barrel of the gun and another is attached to the breech end, both strops being attached to a hoisting shackle and eye. A different style of lifting gear is attached to the barrel of No. 3 gun. Vertical format.

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Object details

ID:	N24658
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	June 1937
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 127 mm x 101 mm