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An image showing 'N26049; 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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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: N26049
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