An image showing 'N25555; Looking down on the port side of the upper deck abreast No. 3 gun mount of the United States destroyer Nelson (1942) on North Corner Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard showing the damage to the superstructure supporting No. 3 gun mount. A stack of bunk mattress springs and a pile of damaged 5 inch shell containers are on the upper deck.'

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The damaged United States Navy destroyer Nelson (1942) on North Corner Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

Looking down on the port side of the upper deck abreast No. 3 gun mount of the United States destroyer Nelson (1942) on North Corner Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard showing the damage to the superstructure supporting No. 3 gun mount. A stack of bunk mattress springs and a pile of damaged 5 inch shell containers are on the upper deck. Her stern was blown off by a torpedo from the German motor torpedo boat S.138 off Omaha Beach, Normandy, and temporary repairs were undertaken in Portsmouth Dockyard to enable her to get to Londonderry.

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Object details

ID:	N25555
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	19 June 1944
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm