An image showing 'N25139; Looking aft along the port side of the destroyer escort Vimy (1917) from alongside the shaft swell in a dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard. The blades of the propeller are damaged, possibly the result of the Vimy ramming and sinking the German submarine U.162 (1941) near Trinidad 3 Sep. 1942.'

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Propeller damage to the destroyer escort Vimy (1917) in dry dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

Looking aft along the port side of the destroyer escort Vimy (1917) from alongside the shaft swell in a dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard. The blades of the propeller are damaged, possibly the result of the Vimy ramming and sinking the German submarine U.162 (1941) near Trinidad 3 Sep. 1942.

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Object details

ID:	N25139
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	21 October 1942
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm