A slightly elevated view of Numbers 7 and 8 dry docks in Chatham Dockyard. The photographer is looking north-north-east from the roof of No.1 Boiler Shop showing 10 ton mobile cranes on either side of both docks. Dock No. 8 is flooded. The nuclear office building and workshop is on the left. Number 1 Basin is in the background and No. 9 dry dock is on the north side of No. 1 basin in the far left background.