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

A large bulkhead section for the light cruiser Hawke being prefabricated on a special platform east of No. 3 Ship Shop and south No. 5 Slip in Portsmouth Dockyard. No. 1 Smithery is in the left background. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P153/43 has been written in the bottom left corner of the negative.

Object details

ID: N25283
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