An image showing 'N26456; Looking along the hangar deck of the aircraft carrier Illustrious (1939) in Portsmouth Dockyard, from deck level showing a network of scaffolding erected and long wooden tables and benches installed to enable the ship to carry 2000 men of the Home Fleet out to Malta to replace a like number of men of the Mediterranean Fleet who were due for release.'

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On the hangar deck of the aircraft carrier Ilustrious (1939) in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

Looking along the hangar deck of the aircraft carrier Illustrious (1939) in Portsmouth Dockyard, from deck level showing a network of scaffolding erected and long wooden tables and benches installed to enable the ship to carry 2000 men of the Home Fleet out to Malta to replace a like number of men of the Mediterranean Fleet who were due for release. Each bay of the scaffolding is numbered and groups of bays have been assigned names, Blake and Codrington being visible. The ship sailed from Portsmouth 20 Nov. 1947 for Malta and arrived back with the return drafts on 11 Dec. 1947.

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Object details

ID:	N26456
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	18 November 1947
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 120 mm x 164 mm