The launch of Admiralty Floating Dock 21 (1943) from No. 5 Slip, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

Looking down No. 5 Slip from the south side of the launching platform at the head of the slip in Portsmouth Dockyard, showing Admiralty Floating Dock 21 (1943) entering the water after naming. A group of workmen are standing in the foreground watching proceedings. There is some image movement.

Object details

ID: N25365
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 9 March 1943
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm