An image showing 'N25250; A starboard quarter view of the light cruiser Achilles (1932) in No. 14 Dry Dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, showing the tripod foremast being lowered by a crane into position on board. The photographer is on the roof of air raid shelter 255 and only the funnel, bridge and forward turrets of the cruiser can be seen. A barrage balloon is high overhead. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P119/43 has been written in the bottom left corner of the negative. Vertical format.'

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Fitting the tripod foremast to the light cruiser Achilles (1932) in No. 14 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

A starboard quarter view of the light cruiser Achilles (1932) in No. 14 Dry Dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, showing the tripod foremast being lowered by a crane into position on board. The photographer is on the roof of air raid shelter 255 and only the funnel, bridge and forward turrets of the cruiser can be seen. A barrage balloon is high overhead. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P119/43 has been written in the bottom left corner of the negative. Vertical format.

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Object details

ID:	N25250
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	10 September 1943
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 127 mm x 101 mm