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

The demolished 100 ton sheerlegs in No. 3 Basin, Portsmouth Dockyard, seen from the quayside east of No. 14 Dock. The front legs of the sheerlegs are partly submerged. The rear leg is fractured into three pieces with the bottom and centre sections floating and the top end submerged. as is the top end of the fractured rear leg. A steam launch has a line connected to the sheerlegs while anoth steam launch is standing by. The fore part of the light cruiser Enterprise (1919) is in the right background berthed on the east side of the basin. The battleship Queen Elizabeth (1913) is undergoing reconstruction alongside the promontory in the left background.