An image showing 'N25415; Looking east-south-east along the roadway on the south side of C Lock in Portsmouth Dockyard from the temporary scaffolding and corrugated iron store pens holding the various grades of sand, ballast and shingle used in the construction of the Phoenix floating caissons in C Lock. In the left background is the light cruiser Achilles (1932) undergoing a major refit alongside the promontory in No. 3 Basin.'

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The Phoenix units construction yard on the south side of C Lock, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

Looking east-south-east along the roadway on the south side of C Lock in Portsmouth Dockyard from the temporary scaffolding and corrugated iron store pens holding the various grades of sand, ballast and shingle used in the construction of the Phoenix floating caissons in C Lock. The Bovis check-in hut is in the centre with the pumping station beyond it. In the left background is the light cruiser Achilles (1932) undergoing a major refit alongside the promontory in No. 3 Basin. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P39/44 has been written near the bottom left corner of the negative

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Object details

ID:	N25415
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	12 February 1944
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm