An underwater cutting torch displayed in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

A photographic study of a complete underwater oxy-acetylene cutting torch in Portsmouth Dockyard. It has three long pipes leading to its nozzle and the controls include three wheels, one of which is labelled oxygen for heating. The negative has been slightly retouched with red masking pigment. See also negative number N25448 for this torch broken down into its component parts.

Object details

ID: N25447
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: 120 mm x 164 mm