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An image showing 'N24639; A close view of the 4 inch gun breach and shield of the destroyer Vortigern (1917) that was involved in the fatal accident on 9 Mar. 1937 in which labourer George Henning of West Street, Southsea was killed and labourer Charles Ruston was taken to hospital with an injured hand. The gun has been righted and the breech is supported on a stack of timber baulks. The Vortigern (1917) is in Portsmouth Dockyard.'
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A fallen 4 inch gun on the destroyer Vortigern (1917) in Portsmouth Dockyard. Hampshire

A close view of the 4 inch gun breach and shield of the destroyer Vortigern (1917) that was involved in the fatal accident on 9 Mar. 1937 in which labourer George Henning of West Street, Southsea was killed and labourer Charles Ruston was taken to hospital with an injured hand. The gun has been righted and the breech is supported on a stack of timber baulks. The Vortigern (1917) is in Portsmouth Dockyard.
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Object details

ID: N24639
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