A woman welder on a tank landing craft in No. 15 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

A woman welder in Portsmouth Dockyard. She is posing for the photographer while sitting on the port side of the deck of a Mark 4 tank landing craft making a repair to the deck edge and hull side above the rubbing strake. The craft is dried out in No. 15 Dry Dock and has the letter S displayed on its bridge front. Berthed alongside is LCT 637 (1943), another Mark 4 tank landing craft, which has N30 and 637 painted on its bridge front..

Object details

ID: N25550
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 19 June 1944
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm