An image showing 'N26949; A petty officer standing in a small store on board the light cruiser Belfast (1938) in Portsmouth Dockyard. The store is lined with wire mesh fronted cupboards and the officer is holding an open wooden box containing a star globe. Instructions on how to use the star globe are pasted on the inside of the box lid. This is a celestial navigation globe made by Henry Hughes & Son.'

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A petty officer with a star globe on board the light cruiser Belfast (1938) in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

A petty officer standing in a small store on board the light cruiser Belfast (1938) in Portsmouth Dockyard. The store is lined with wire mesh fronted cupboards and the officer is holding an open wooden box containing a star globe. Instructions on how to use the star globe are pasted on the inside of the box lid. This is a celestial navigation globe made by Henry Hughes & Son. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register lists this series of negatives as "HMS Belfast recruiting campaign". Vertical format.

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Object details

ID:	N26949
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	11 October 1948
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 120 mm x 89 mm