Bomb damage to an air raid shelter in Anchor Gate Road, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

Bomb damage to an air raid shelter in Anchor Gate Road, south of No. 14 Dry Dock in Portsmouth Dockyard. The photographer is looking north-east. The bow of a large ship can be seen in No. 15 Dry Dock on the right. The building with the row of eight pitched roofs is the Gunnery Equipment Store. A decorative clock projecting from the wall of a building on the left says it is 13.20. The raid was in the evening of 5th December.

Object details

ID: N24923
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: December 1940
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm