An image showing 'N25575; The damaged aft end of the corvette Pink (1942) in No. 8 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, taken from off the starboard quarter. The hull between frames 87 and 97 has been badly damaged and the entire stern aft of frame 97, including the propeller, shaft and rudder, has been blown off. The minesweeping LL reel is also missing.'

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The torpedo damaged corvette Pink (1942) in No. 8 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

The damaged aft end of the corvette Pink (1942) in No. 8 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, taken from off the starboard quarter. The hull between frames 87 and 97 has been badly damaged and the entire stern aft of frame 97, including the propeller, shaft and rudder, has been blown off. The minesweeping LL reel is also missing. The Pink was hit by a Gnat acoustic torpedo fired from the German submarine U 988 off Normandy on 27 Jun. 1944. She was written off as a constructive total loss.

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Object details

ID:	N25575
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	30 June 1944
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm