Sealion (1959). In the generator room below the main flat between 77 and 82 stations (also known as the snake pit).
A roll film negative. On board the submarine Sealion (1959) towards the end of a long refit at Portsmouth. The photographer is in the generator room below the main flat between 77 and 82 stations, this space being irreverently known as the snake pit. He is looking to port and down from the centreline at 78 station showing the main ballast pump. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
| ID: | N71882 |
|---|---|
| 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 |