An image showing 'N24729; The first keel plate for the light cruiser Sirius (1940) being lowered onto No. 5 Slip in Portsmouth Dockyard. Mrs Mabel Ross Turner is standing by the control rope to the crane. The proceedings are being watched by a number of dignitaries including Mrs Turner's husband, Rear-Admiral Robert Ross Turner, Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard. The photographer is looking south-east across the slip and No. 1 Smithery is in the background.'

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Laying the first keel plate of the light cruiser Sirius (1940) on No. 5 Slip, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

The first keel plate for the light cruiser Sirius (1940) being lowered onto No. 5 Slip in Portsmouth Dockyard. Mrs Mabel Ross Turner is standing by the control rope to the crane. The proceedings are being watched by a number of dignitaries including Mrs Turner's husband, Rear-Admiral Robert Ross Turner, Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard. The photographer is looking south-east across the slip and No. 1 Smithery is in the background.

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Object details

ID:	N24729
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	6 April 1938
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 126 mm