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

A view in the engine room of the tug Capable (1945) in No. 3 dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, showing the platform erected over the port propeller shaft. The control unit for the variable pitch propeller is mounted on the hull on the left.

Object details

ID: N26760
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 3 May 1948 - 26 June 1948
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 120 mm x 164 mm