The stern frame of the light cruiser Hawke at No. 5 Slip, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

The stern frame for the light cruiser Hawke about to be lifted from the ground alongside No. 5 Slip in Portsmouth Dockyard. Two wires are shackled to the stern frame and the lifting operation is being watched by seven men on the ground. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P96/44 has been written in the bottom left corner of the negative.

Object details

ID: N25432
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 9 March 1944
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm