Mine damage to the destroyer escort Wrestler (1918) in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

Looking across the upper deck amidships from port to starboard on board the destroyer escort Wrestler (1918) afloat in Portsmouth Dockyard. She has a corrugated deck as a result of hitting a mine 20 miles north-west of Le Havre on 6 Jun. 1944. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P288/44 has been written in the bottom right corner of the negative.

Object details

ID: N25565
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 23 June 1944
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm