An image showing 'N26704; A port quarter view of the tug Capable (1945) in No. 3 dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, taken from the side wall of the dock looking aft and to starboard, showing the A bracket and the stern tube. The cone plates, bearings and propeller have been removed and the new propeller shaft is suspended on chain tackles ready to be pulled into the stern tube.'

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Fitting variable pitch propellers to the tug Capable (1945) in No. 3 Dry Dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

A port quarter view of the tug Capable (1945) in No. 3 dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, taken from the side wall of the dock looking aft and to starboard, showing the A bracket and the stern tube. The cone plates, bearings and propeller have been removed and the new propeller shaft is suspended on chain tackles ready to be pulled into the stern tube.

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Object details

ID:	N26704
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	19 July 1948 - 23 July 1948
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 90 mm x 120 mm