Demolition of 100 ton sheerlegs at No. 3 Basin, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

The 100 ton sheerlegs between nos. 13 and 14 Docks on the south side of No. 3 Basin, Portsmouth Dockyard, seen from west of No. 15 Dock. The front legs of the sheerlegs are floating in the water in the basin and the rear leg is resting on the quayside. A crowd of men are watching the event from the quayside. The light cruiser Enterprise (1919) is in the left background berthed on the east side of the basin.

Object details

ID: N24784
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 18 March 1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm