An Austin K2 tractor unit and a 33 feet plate trailer in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

An offside view of the Austin K2 tractor unit, fleet number 18173 RN, Yard No. 206, with a 33 feet plate trailer, fleet number 18187 RN, parked close to the boundary wall of Portsmouth Dockyard. The trailer has a maximum load length of 40 feet and a maximum tonnage of 9 tons. A large pile of bricks is in the background and the houses and commercial premises of Portsea are beyond the boundary wall. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P69/43 is written near the bottom left corner of the negative.

Object details

ID: N25205
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 5 August 1943
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm