Bomb blast 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 York CL. L.H. painted on it and it has been severely damaged. Another propeller has Courageous painted on it.

Object details

ID: N24957
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