An underwater cutting torch displayed in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

A photographic study of an underwater oxy-acetylene cutting torch in Portsmouth Dockyard. It is broken down into its 19 component parts. It has three short pipes leading to its nozzle and the controls include wheels labelled gas and oxy. The negative has been slightly retouched with red masking pigment. See also negative number N25445 for this torch fully assembled.

Object details

ID: N25446
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative; Red pigment
Display location: Not on display
Date made: March 1944
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm