Bomb damage to the destroyer Witherington (1919) in dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire
A close-view of the entry hole of a bomb in the port side of the upper deck, above the after boiler room at station 69-70, on the destroyer Witherington (1919), taken in dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard. She was hit the three bombs while alongside a jetty at Portsmouth on the night of 10-11 Mar. 1941 and had to be beached on a mud bank. She was refloated and dry docked for repairs and conversion to short range escort.
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Object details
| ID: | N24987 |
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| Type: | Negative |
| Materials: | Glass plate negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 3 April 1941 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm |