The totally destroyed No. 9 Magazine at Priddys Hard Naval Armament Depot, Gosport, Hampshire

The rubble-strewn site of No. 9 Magazine at Priddys Hard Naval Armament Depot, Gosport. The magazine was totally destroyed in an air raid on the night of 10-11 Mar. 1941. Two railway wagons are in the foreground, one being wagon 2372 of the Rothervale Colliery, near Rotherham, and the other being covered ammunition wagon No. 176 of the R.N.A.D.

Object details

ID: N24965
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 20 March 1941
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm