A group of shipwrights by the aft end of the forward port poppet of the Royal Navy battleship Thunderer (1911) on the building berth at the Thames Iron Works shipyard at Blackwall, London.

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A group of shipwrights by the aft end of the forward port poppet of the Royal Navy battleship Thunderer (1911) on the building berth at the Thames Iron Works shipyard at Blackwall, London.

A group of shipwrights by the aft end of the forward port poppet of the Royal Navy battleship Thunderer (1911) on the building berth at the Thames Iron Works shipyard at Blackwall, London. They have sledge hammers available to release the last of the holding blocks when the ship is launched. The photographer is to port of the ways looking to starboard and slightly aft.

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Object Details

ID:	N18705
Type:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Adams, Edgar Tarry
Vessels:	Thunderer (1911)
Date made:	1 February 1911
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection
Measurements:	Overall: 82 mm x 107 mm