An image showing 'N24955; Looking across part of the propeller pound near No. 13 Dry Dock in Portsmouth Dockyard showing shrapnel and splinter damage to the propellers caused by a bomb blast on the night of 10-11 Mar. 1941. The nearest propeller has Heemskerck R. Hand painted on it. In the background is the accommodation ship Mecklenburg (1922) which was also damaged by the bomb blast.'

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Bomb splinter damage in the propeller pound in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

Looking across part of the propeller pound near No. 13 Dry Dock in Portsmouth Dockyard showing shrapnel and splinter damage to the propellers caused by a bomb blast on the night of 10-11 Mar. 1941. The nearest propeller has Heemskerck R. Hand painted on it. In the background is the accommodation ship Mecklenburg (1922) which was also damaged by the bomb blast.

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Object details

ID:	N24955
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	14 March 1941
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm