An image showing 'N25436; The stern frame for the light cruiser Hawke being held in position on the keel blocks on No. 5 Slip in Portsmouth Dockyard. It is not yet bolted or riveted to the keel and its weight is being taken by a derrick post and triple pulley block. It is being held against the end of the keel plates by another triple pulley and cable. A group of men are on the keel blocks. A destroyer is berthed on North Corner Jetty.'

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

The stern frame for the light cruiser Hawke being held in position on the keel blocks on No. 5 Slip in Portsmouth Dockyard. It is not yet bolted or riveted to the keel and its weight is being taken by a derrick post and triple pulley block. It is being held against the end of the keel plates by another triple pulley and cable. A group of men are on the keel blocks. A destroyer is berthed on North Corner Jetty. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P100/44 has been written near the bottom right corner of the negative.

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Object details

ID:	N25436
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