The launch of Admiralty Floating Dock 18 (1942) in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

The guests on the launching platform at the head of No. 5 Slip in Portsmouth Dockyard, taken from the deck of Admiralty Floating Dock 18 (1942) which is about to be launched. On the sponsor's left is the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, Admiral Sir William Milbourne James, KCB, CB.

Object details

ID: N25116
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1 July 1942
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm