An image showing 'N25733; A starboard bow view of the U.S. tank landing craft LCT 520 (1943) about to be lifted from the water by the 250 ton hammerhead cantilever crane situated on the Promontory in No. 3 Basin of Portsmouth Dockyard. A number of dockyard men and some U.S. sailors are in the foreground. The hulk of the destroyer Porcupine (1941), pendant number G93, is berthed on the south side of the basin. Vertical format.'

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The 250 ton hammerhead crane lifting the U.S. tank landing craft LCT 520 (1943) in No. 3 Basin, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

A starboard bow view of the U.S. tank landing craft LCT 520 (1943) about to be lifted from the water by the 250 ton hammerhead cantilever crane situated on the Promontory in No. 3 Basin of Portsmouth Dockyard. A number of dockyard men and some U.S. sailors are in the foreground. The hulk of the destroyer Porcupine (1941), pendant number G93, is berthed on the south side of the basin. Vertical format.

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Object details

ID:	N25733
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	16 December 1944
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 127 mm x 101 mm