The keel laying of the light cruiser Hawke on No. 5 Slip, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

The first keel plate of the light cruiser Hawke being lowered onto the blocks of No. 5 Slip in Portsmouth Dockyard by Miss Clarke, the sister of the Admiral Superintendent, Vice-Admiral Marshal Llewelyn Clarke CB, DSC, who is watching. Ten dockyard officials, a Royal Navy Captain and a Commodore are also in the photograph. No. 3 Smithery is in the background. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P19/43 is written in the bottom left corner of the negative.

Object details

ID: N25175
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1 July 1943
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm