Storage racks for steel plate in the stacking ground at No. 3 Smithery, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

The steel plate stacking ground to the west of No. 3 Smithery, Portsmouth Dockyard, looking south-west. Track mounted crane No. 172 is operating in the yard. Many of the plates are identified with letters and dimensions and are 40 lb, 15 lb, 14 lb, 12 lb, 10 lb and 5 lb. One plate is for Job 281. No. 5 Slip is in the background. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P37/43 is written in the lower right corner of the negative.