An image showing 'N26565; An RP10 Mark IV 4.5" gun mounting on the Park's of Portsmouth low loader number 45, hauled by lorry tractor unit CTP 224, parked on the Promontory, No. 3 Basin, Portsmouth Dockyard. It is being prepared to be lifted by the 240 ton hammerhead crane. The photographer is looking at the front of the turret. In the background is the Royal Navy lorry 44382 RN. The light cruiser glasgow (1936) is alongside the Promontory under refit.'

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The 240 ton hammerhead crane lifting a gun mounting on the Promontory, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

An RP10 Mark IV 4.5" gun mounting on the Park's of Portsmouth low loader number 45, hauled by lorry tractor unit CTP 224, parked on the Promontory, No. 3 Basin, Portsmouth Dockyard. It is being prepared to be lifted by the 240 ton hammerhead crane. The photographer is looking at the front of the turret. In the background is the Royal Navy lorry 44382 RN. The light cruiser Belfast (1938) is alongside the Promontory under refit.

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Object details

ID:	N26565
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	17 February 1948
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 89 mm x 120 mm