An image showing 'P37562; A port bow view of the research and survey vessel John Biscoe (1956) in No. 3 dry dock in the East Docks at Southampton, taken from the top of the dock. Her anchors have been run out and her boats landed. Her hull is surrounded by scaffolding. She is undergoing her annual refit by John I Thornycroft & Co Ltd. The stern of the research vessel Shackleton (1954) is on the left.'

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The research and survey vessel John Biscoe (1956) in No. 3 dry dock, East Docks, Southampton.

A port bow view of the research and survey vessel John Biscoe (1956) in No. 3 dry dock in the East Docks at Southampton, taken from the top of the dock. Her anchors have been run out and her boats landed. Her hull is surrounded by scaffolding. She is undergoing her annual refit by John I Thornycroft & Co Ltd. The stern of the research vessel Shackleton (1954) is on the left.

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Object details

ID:	P37562
Type:	Negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Grierson, Alec R.
Vessels:	John Biscoe 1956
Date made:	9 Sep 1961
People:	Fleming & Ferguson Ltd
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	62 mm x 62 mm