An image showing 'N25159; A general view of the 10-ton travelling spider crane situated between No. 9 Dry Dock and A Lock, No. 3 Basin, Portsmouth Dockyard, looking west-north-west. The crane jib is overhanging No. 3 Basin. Berthed in No. 3 Basin across the end on No. 9 Dry Dock is the submarine Oberon (1926), her N21 pendant number being plainly visible. She is being serviced by the track mounted crane No. 182. The former French destroyer Ouragan (1924) is in the right background.'

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The spider crane between No. 9 Dry Dock and A Lock, No. 3 Basin, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

A general view of the 10-ton travelling spider crane situated between No. 9 Dry Dock and A Lock, No. 3 Basin, Portsmouth Dockyard, looking west-north-west. The crane jib is overhanging No. 3 Basin. Berthed in No. 3 Basin across the end on No. 9 Dry Dock is the submarine Oberon (1926), her N21 pendant number being plainly visible. She is being serviced by the track mounted crane No. 182. The former French destroyer Ouragan (1924) is in the right background.

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Object details

ID:	N25159
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	18 November 1942
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm