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

The port side amidships of damaged corvette Pink (1942) in No. 8 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, looking to port from the dockside showing corrugations to the hull at about frame 69, in way of the boiler room. A splinter mattress is covering a split in the plating. Vertical format. 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.

Object details

ID: N25580
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 30 June 1944
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 127 mm x 101 mm