An image showing 'N26731; A close view of the starboard inner propeller shaft looking forward and to starboard in the engine room of the tug Capable (1945) in No. 3 dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard. The shaft is fitted with a Michell Bearings Ltd plummer block and a double toothed gear wheel. A power unit is being mounted next to the hull above the shaft and it is connected to the double toothed gear wheel by a double chain drive. The shaft is passing through a bulkhead.'

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

A close view of the starboard inner propeller shaft looking forward and to starboard in the engine room of the tug Capable (1945) in No. 3 dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard. The shaft is fitted with a Michell Bearings Ltd plummer block and a double toothed gear wheel. A power unit is being mounted next to the hull above the shaft and it is connected to the double toothed gear wheel by a double chain drive. The shaft is passing through a bulkhead.

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Object details

ID:	N26731
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