Sealion (1959). In the forward torpedo compartment between 16 and 34 stations.

A roll film negative. On board the submarine Sealion (1959) towards the end of a long refit at Portsmouth. The photographer is in the forward torpedo compartment looking to port and down from the starboard side between 22 and 23 stations showing Nos. 2, 4 and 6 torpedo tube doors on the right of the picture. Various hydroplane controls and gauges are against the port side under a depth gauge which records as deep as 740 feet. Next to the depth gauge is a lamp box for the HE (hand emergency) and AIV (automatic inboard vent) sluice valve. A torpedo control panel is near the top of the picture with a fuse panel, small junction boxes and a weapons intercom amplifier below it. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N71491
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
Vessels: Sealion (1959)
Date made: 1977
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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