Underwater damage to the hull of the destroyer Amazon (1926) in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

A close detail of a hole punched in the starboard side of the lower hull of the destroyer Amazon (1926) by a practice torpedo off Portland. She is photographed in dry dock at Portsmouth Dockyard, reportedly on the same day that the accident occurred. Vertical format.

Object details

ID: N24741
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 27 May 1938
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 164 mm x 120 mm