The launch of the light cruiser Sirius (1940) from No. 5 Slip, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

A starboard quarter view, taken from fine off the stern, of the light cruiser Sirius (1940) on No. 5 Slip, Portsmouth Dockyard, on the day of her launch. The crowds of spectators have not yet gathered.

Object details

ID: N24874
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 18 September 1940
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 101 mm x 126 mm