A target for a Hedgehog ahead throwing weapon in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

A riveted steel box target used during trials of the Hedgehog ahead throwing weapon. Each box target is photographed from both ends on the quayside in Portsmouth Dockyard after the tests. This is the front end of target No. 1.

Object details

ID: N25098
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: June 1942
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm