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

A close view of the port inner propeller shaft looking forward and to port from above the plummer block in the engine room of the tug Capable (1945) in No. 3 dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard. A power unit is mounted next to the hull above the shaft and it is connected to the shaft by a double chain drive that is in a protective casing, as seen in the centre of the image.