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

The prefabricated keel and forefoot section of the light cruiser Hawke on the stacking ground outside No. 3 Smithery, just north of No. 5 Slip in Portsmouth Dockyard. A small steam vessel is on North Corner Jetty in the background. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P151/43 has been written on the left side of the negative.

Object details

ID: N25281
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