A diver welding in a tank at B & C Locks, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

The description for this image in the Portsmouth Dockyard negative register is "Underwater welding in tank at "B" and "C" Locks". This seems to show a clearly discernible fully suited diver using welding equipment to fix two flat plates that are held in place with clamps. The precise location of the tank or the nature of the work is unknown.

Object details

ID: N25372
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: April 1943 - May 1943
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm