An image showing 'N26678; On board the escort destroyer Brissenden (1942) in Portsmouth Dockyard, looking down at the port side of the forecastle deck from the bow, showing the port hawsepipe. The anchor cable has been disconnected at the blake slip and is being held in place by a wire strop shackled to the deck. This is part of the experimental fitting of a Danforth anchor.'

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The forecastle of the escort destroyer Brissenden (1942) in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

On board the escort destroyer Brissenden (1942) in Portsmouth Dockyard, looking down at the port side of the forecastle deck from the bow, showing the port hawsepipe. The anchor cable has been disconnected at the blake slip and is being held in place by a wire strop shackled to the deck. This is part of the experimental fitting of a Danforth anchor.

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Object details

ID:	N26678
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	28 June 1948
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 90 mm x 120 mm