An image showing 'N25222; The outer bottom plating of the light cruiser Hawke on No. 5 Slip in Portsmouth Dockyard, looking forward and to starboard from station 88. The outer bottom plates have been drilled out but no riveting has yet been done, all plates and frames being bolted into position. The third longitudinal is in the left foreground and the starboard frame 86 between the third and fourth longitudinals is in position.'

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The outer bottom plating of the light cruiser Hawke on No. 5 Slip, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

The outer bottom plating of the light cruiser Hawke on No. 5 Slip in Portsmouth Dockyard, looking forward and to starboard from station 88. The outer bottom plates have been drilled out but no riveting has yet been done, all plates and frames being bolted into position. The third longitudinal is in the left foreground and the starboard frame 86 between the third and fourth longitudinals is in position. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P88/43 has been written in the bottom left corner of the negative.

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Object details

ID:	N25222
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	13 August 1943
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm