An image showing 'N25480a; On board the destroyer Offa (1941) in Portsmouth Dockyard looking forward and down along the upper deck from about station 72, giving a close view of the bomb damage to the deck. The searchlight platform is on the right and the support pillar to the 20 mm gun mount is on the left. The torpedo tube mount can be seen in the background. An hydraulic drill is on deck in the foreground. It is stand-easy time for the dockyard mateys.'

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Bomb damage to the destroyer Offa (1941) in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

On board the destroyer Offa (1941) in Portsmouth Dockyard looking forward and down along the upper deck from about station 72, giving a close view of the bomb damage to the deck. The searchlight platform is on the right and the support pillar to the 20 mm gun mount is on the left. The torpedo tube mount can be seen in the background. An hydraulic drill is on deck in the foreground. It is stand-easy time for the dockyard mateys. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P155/44 has been written in the bottom left corner of the negative.

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Object details

ID:	N25480A
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	6 May 1944
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm