An underwater cutting torch displayed in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

A photographic study of a complete underwater oxy-acetylene cutting torch in Portsmouth Dockyard. It is a Vulcodisc Air Gun and has two flexible pipes leading to the control lever and nozzle. The negative has been slightly retouched with red masking pigment. See also negative number N25452 for this torch broken down into its component parts.

Object details

ID: N25451
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