Damage to the destroyer Whitshed (1919) in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

A close up of the port side of the hull of the destroyer Whitshed (1919), abreast No. 1 gun, showing damaged received to the upper hull plating and framing in way of the upper deck crew space at stations 40 to 55. The ship is in Portsmouth Dockyard but the cause of the damage has not been discovered.

Object details

ID: N24635
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: October 1936
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm