An image showing 'N25584; The starboard side of the damaged corvette Pink (1942) in No. 8 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, looking aft and to port from the dockside showing corrugations to the hull at about frame 72, in way of the engine room. Two depth charge throwers can be seen on the upper deck abaft for forecastle deck break. 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.'

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

The starboard side of the damaged corvette Pink (1942) in No. 8 Dry Dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, looking aft and to port from the dockside showing corrugations to the hull at about frame 72, in way of the engine room. Two depth charge throwers can be seen on the upper deck abaft for forecastle deck break. 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.

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Object details

ID:	N25584
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