Bomb damage to the destroyer Witherington (1919) in dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

A close-up of the lower part of the ship's hull on the port side of the destroyer Witherington (1919) in dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard, showing the deformed hull aft between stations 129 and 136 in way of an oil fuel tank, taken from the side of the dock. 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.

Object details

ID: N24996
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