Foam fire fighting apparatus at the Royal Navy Oil Fuel Depot at Mumby Road, Gosport, Hampshire

A fire hose being hoisted up guide wires on the outside of an oil fuel tank in the Royal Navy Oil Fuel Depot in Mumby Road, Gosport. The top of the hose fits into a connector permanently fitted to the top of the tank and a mobile foam generator would be connected to the bottom of the hose.

Object details

ID: N24945
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 24 February 1941
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm