The escort destroyer Westminster (1918) in dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

A port bow view of the hull of the escort destroyer Westminster (1918) in dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, taken from the floor of the dock close to the bow, looking aft. The temporary patching fitted at Dunkirk is still in situ on the left of the picture. Her hull below the waterline is badly damaged as a result of striking a wreck at Dunkirk on 20 May 1940. Her bow and upperworks are out of the picture.