An image showing 'N24745; A large steel plate riveted to angle pieces used as a test piece for underwater cutting apparatus trials in Portsmouth Dockyard. The test piece has been photographed propped up against a wheeled trolley on a roadway next to a dry dock in the dockyard. The date 20.10.38 has been written on the plate. A strip cut from across the plate is resting against the bottom of the plate. See negative number N24744 for another view of this plate after further cutting.'

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Trials of underwater cutting apparatus in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

A large steel plate riveted to angle pieces used as a test piece for underwater cutting apparatus trials in Portsmouth Dockyard. The test piece has been photographed propped up against a wheeled trolley on a roadway next to a dry dock in the dockyard. The date 20.10.38 has been written on the plate. A strip cut from across the plate is resting against the bottom of the plate. See negative number N24744 for another view of this plate after further cutting.

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Object details

ID:	N24745
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	21 October 1938
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 120 mm x 164 mm