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An image showing 'N24989; Looking aft and to starboard from the centre line on the upper deck of the destroyer Witherington (1919) in dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, showing the corrugated deck between stations 131-136. 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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Bomb damage to the destroyer Witherington (1919) in dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

Looking aft and to starboard from the centre line on the upper deck of the destroyer Witherington (1919) in dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, showing the corrugated deck between stations 131-136. 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:	N24989
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