An image showing 'N25277; Looking aft from the centreline on the preformed keel plate at the forward end of the light cruiser Hawke on No. 5 Slip in Portsmouth Dockyard. The vertical keel runs aft from keel block 13 and has been bolted into position. The first of the lower bulkheads and the double bottom frames are in position. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P147/43 has been written near the lower centre of the negative.'

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The construction of the light cruiser Hawke on No. 5 Slip, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

Looking aft from the centreline on the preformed keel plate at the forward end of the light cruiser Hawke on No. 5 Slip in Portsmouth Dockyard. The vertical keel runs aft from keel block 13 and has been bolted into position. The first of the lower bulkheads and the double bottom frames are in position. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P147/43 has been written near the lower centre of the negative.

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Object details

ID:	N25277
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	5 October 1943
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm