An image showing 'N24678; A distant starboard very near broadside view of the mechanized landing craft MLC 10 (1929) under way in the Solent. She is being towed at 15.3 knots and has a load of two light tanks. She is well down by the stern, having an angle of trim of 16°. The destroyer Sardonyx (1919), seen from off her starboard beam, is in the background. She is attached to the Portsmouth Signal School and her after 4-inch gun has been removed and a DF cabin and aerial fitted.'

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The mechanized landing craft MLC 10 (1929) during trials with two light tanks aboard in the Solent, Hampshire

A distant starboard very near broadside view of the mechanized landing craft MLC 10 (1929) under way in the Solent. She is being towed at 15.3 knots and has a load of two light tanks. She is well down by the stern, having an angle of trim of 16°. The destroyer Sardonyx (1919), seen from off her starboard beam, is in the background. She is attached to the Portsmouth Signal School and her after 4-inch gun has been removed and a DF cabin and aerial fitted. She has the pendant number H26.

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Object details

ID:	N24678
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	September 1937
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm