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

A fire hose permanently rigged to the outside of an oil fuel tank in the Royal Navy Oil Fuel Depot in Mumby Road, Gosport, taken from the top of an adjoining tank. A mobile foam generator would be connected to the hose at the base of the unit and foam would be pumped into the top of the tank.

Object details

ID: N24946
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