An image showing 'N24637; A close view of a 4 inch gun on its side on the deck of the destroyer Vortigern (1917) in Portsmouth Dockyard. While the gun was being lowered to its mounting on 9 Mar. 1937 it fell on labourer George Henning of West Street, Southsea and killed him. Labourer Charles Ruston was taken to hospital with an injured hand.'

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A fallen 4 inch gun on the destroyer Vortigern (1917) in Portsmouth Dockyard. Hampshire

A close view of a 4 inch gun on its side on the deck of the destroyer Vortigern (1917) in Portsmouth Dockyard. While the gun was being lowered to its mounting on 9 Mar. 1937 it fell on labourer George Henning of West Street, Southsea and killed him. Labourer Charles Ruston was taken to hospital with an injured hand.

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Object details

ID:	N24637
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	10 March 1937
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm