An image showing 'N25330; A very close port broadside view of the side plating under B gun deck of the destroyer Porcupine (1941) alongside the jetty on No. 3 Basin between Nos 13 and 14 Dry Docks in Portsmouth Dockyard. Various parts of the structure have been painted in different formulae of paint. The number 536 can be seen partially obscured by a broken guard rail wire.'

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Testing paints on the destroyer Porcupine (1941) in No. 3 Basin, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

A very close port broadside view of the side plating under B gun deck of the destroyer Porcupine (1941) alongside the jetty on No. 3 Basin between Nos 13 and 14 Dry Docks in Portsmouth Dockyard. Various parts of the structure have been painted in different formulae of paint. The number 536 can be seen partially obscured by a broken guard rail wire. The photographer is standing on the stern section of the ship which is berthed alongside the forward section. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P216/43 has been written in the bottom left corner of the negative.

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Object details

ID:	N25330
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