Welding equipment on the dockside in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

The end unit of a group of welding equipment on the dockside of No. 15 Dry Dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, under a corrugated iron roof. This unit is a Standard Switchgear Ltd 40 Kw motor generator with the doors open to reveal the control panel and earth conection. In No. 15 Dry Dock in the left background is the fleet oiler Wave Master (1944).

Object details

ID: N27052
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 23 November 1948
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 100 mm x 126 mm