A seamen's washplace on board the battleship Duke of York (1940) in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

Inside a seamen's washplace on board the battleship Duke of York (1940) in Portsmouth Dockyard. There is nothing to indicate the precise location of this washplace but a label above a junction box reads "No. 5 wash bowl rack supplied from DX A6 J8 D1". The Portsmouth Dockyard Negative Register lists this as "Communal bathroom".

Object details

ID: N26585
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 4 March 1948
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 120 mm x 164 mm