An image showing 'N25182; A tall, square box, said to be a dummy battery, on the ground near some bicycle sheds in Portsmouth Dockyard. One face of the box has a circular hole cut near the top and a square hole near the bottom. The word FINN is on a building in the background. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register gives the description H.M.S. Orion dummy battery for trials for Mr Baker and the register number P27/43 is scratched into the emulsion near the bottom of the negative.'

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A dummy battery for trials relating to the light cruiser Orion (1932) in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire, for Mr Baker

A tall, square box, said to be a dummy battery, on the ground near some bicycle sheds in Portsmouth Dockyard. One face of the box has a circular hole cut near the top and a square hole near the bottom. The word FINN is on a building in the background. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register gives the description H.M.S. Orion dummy battery for trials for Mr Baker and the register number P27/43 is scratched into the emulsion near the bottom of the negative.

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Object details

ID:	N25182
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	7 July 1943
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm