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

Admiralty Floating Dock 18 sliding down No. 5 Slip in Portsmouth Dockyard at the moment of her launch. A.F.D. XVIII is painted of the end of the dock. On either side of the ways are the numbered inner and outer supports for the dock.

Object details

ID: N25117
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