An image showing 'N26418; Looking west-north-west from the South Wall of the Tidal Basin in Portsmouth Dockyard. The minesweeper Fancy (1943), seen from well abaft the port beam, is alongside the South Wall. A minesweeping winch drum is on the quayside and an upturned 4-wheeled flat bed railway truck is further along the quay. A supporting leg of the transporter crane is in the left background next to a brick building on which "Excellent Steps" is painted. A Town class cruiser is on North Corner Jetty.'

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The South Wall of the Tidal Basin, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

Looking west-north-west from the South Wall of the Tidal Basin in Portsmouth Dockyard. The minesweeper Fancy (1943), seen from well abaft the port beam, is alongside the South Wall. A minesweeping winch drum is on the quayside and an upturned 4-wheeled flat bed railway truck is further along the quay. A supporting leg of the transporter crane is in the left background next to a brick building on which "Excellent Steps" is painted. A Town class cruiser is on North Corner Jetty.

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Object details

ID:	N26418
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	26 September 1947
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 89 mm x 120 mm