Phoenix units under construction in C Lock, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

Phoenix reinforced concrete caissons under construction in C Lock, Portsmouth Dockyard. The photographer is looking east-by-south from the north side of the seaward end of the lock. The light cruiser Achilles (1932) can be seen alongside the promontory in No. 3 Basin in the background. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P209/43 has been written in the bottom left corner of the negative.

Object details

ID: N25326
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 10 December 1943
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm