40 mm Bofors gun mount training stop of the light cruiser Sheffield (1936) in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

A close detail of one of the training stops fitted to a 40 mm Bofors gun mount on board the light cruiser Sheffield (1936) in Portsmouth Dockyard. The stop is in the open position so that the mount can traverse through 360 degrees. This is a different style of stop to that shown in negative number N26169.

Object details

ID: N26172
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 12 April 1946
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 120 mm x 164 mm