An image showing 'N24705; Looking from starboard to port across the forecastle of the destroyer Acheron (1930) in Portsmouth Dockyard. The cable holder (capstan) is the subject of the photograph. A timber log is being manoeuvred under the chain cable.'

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The cable holder (capstan) on the forecastle of the destroyer Acheron (1930) in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

Looking from starboard to port across the forecastle of the destroyer Acheron (1930) in Portsmouth Dockyard. The cable holder (capstan) is the subject of the photograph. A timber log is being manoeuvred under the chain cable.

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Object details

ID:	N24705
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	25 October 1937
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 126 mm