An image showing 'N26909; On board the stores issuing ship Fort Beauharnois (1944) in No. 14 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, looking aft and down from the midship superstructure into No. 4 hatch. A packing case in a cargo net slung from a derrick is overhanging the edge of the hatch. One man is standing in the hold, four men are by the side of the hatch, one man is sitting on a companionway and two men are at the winches.'

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No. 4 hatch of the stores issuing ship Fort Beauharnois (1944) in No. 14 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

On board the stores issuing ship Fort Beauharnois (1944) in No. 14 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, looking aft and down from the midship superstructure into No. 4 hatch. A packing case in a cargo net slung from a derrick is overhanging the edge of the hatch. One man is standing in the hold, four men are by the side of the hatch, one man is sitting on a companionway and two men are at the winches. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register lists this group of three negatives as "Accident in 14 Dock on Fort Beauharnois".

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Object details

ID:	N26909
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	8 September 1948
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 100 mm x 126 mm