Steel plating from the wreck of the German battleship Tirpitz (1939) in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire
A piece of steel plating salvaged from the wreck of the German battleship Tirpitz (1939), sunk in Tromsöfjord, Norway, photographed in Portsmouth Dockyard. Printed on the steel is the note "Tirpitz - sheer strake aft 50 lbs plate". Other arrowed annotations are deck edge, butt weld, bulwark angle, caulking mark, brackets, tack and tack welds.
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Object details
| ID: | N26048 |
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| Type: | Negative |
| Materials: | Glass plate negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 5 November 1945 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 120 mm x 164 mm |