An image showing 'N24882; Looking aft along the floor of the dock from under the port bow of the hull of the destroyer Cameron (1919) capsized in No. 8 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard. The dock has been drained and timber baulks have been wedged between the ship's hull and the side of the dock. The Cameron was hit by a bomb during an air raid on 5 Dec. 1940, was bodily moved off the keel blocks and caught fire.'

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The destroyer Cameron (1919) in No. 8 Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

Looking aft along the floor of the dock from under the port bow of the hull of the destroyer Cameron (1919) capsized in No. 8 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard. The dock has been drained and timber baulks have been wedged between the ship's hull and the side of the dock. The Cameron was hit by a bomb during an air raid on 5 Dec. 1940, was bodily moved off the keel blocks and caught fire.

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Object details

ID:	N24882
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	December 1940 - January 1941
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 126 mm