An image showing 'N25944; The construction of a new caisson for Singapore's King George VI Dry Dock in A Lock, Portsmouth Dockyard. The photographer is looking east-south-east from the north-west corner of the top of the lock. The main plating appears to be complete. Two scotch cranes have been erected on either side of the lock at the east end and one of them has "Makers Anderson-Grice Co Ltd, Carnoustie" on it.'

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The construction of a new caisson for Singapore's King George VI Dry Dock in A Lock, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

The construction of a new caisson for Singapore's King George VI Dry Dock in A Lock, Portsmouth Dockyard. The photographer is looking east-south-east from the north-west corner of the top of the lock. The main plating appears to be complete. Two scotch cranes have been erected on either side of the lock at the east end and one of them has "Makers Anderson-Grice Co Ltd, Carnoustie" on it. A track-mounted scotch crane in the lock is being dismantled. Berthed in No. 3 Basin is the Ranpura (1924) undergoing conversion to a heavy repair ship.

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Object details

ID:	N25944
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	20 July 1945
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm