An image showing 'N24964; A close view of the temporary repair to the port side of the battleship Resolution (1915) looking aft from the side wall of the dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, level with the anti-torpedo bulge. The Resolution was torpedoed by the French submarine Beveziers (1935) off Dakar on 25 Sep. 1940. The torpedo hit at station 97 in No. 1 boiler room and her bulges were flooded from stations 79 to 119.'

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Torpedo damage to the battleship Resolution (1915) in dry dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

A close view of the temporary repair to the port side of the battleship Resolution (1915) looking aft from the side wall of the dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, level with the anti-torpedo bulge. The Resolution was torpedoed by the French submarine Beveziers (1935) off Dakar on 25 Sep. 1940. The torpedo hit at station 97 in No. 1 boiler room and her bulges were flooded from stations 79 to 119. Temporary repairs were carried out at Freetown and Gibraltar and then checked and strengthened at Portsmouth before she crossed the Atlantic to be permanently repaired at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

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Object details

ID:	N24964
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	18 March 1941
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm