An image showing 'N25683; A close view of the wrecked stern of the minesweeper Salamander (1936) taken from off the starboard quarter. She is laid up at moorings in the entrance to Fareham Creek in Portsmouth Harbour. Her stern was destroyed by rocket fire from Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft off Cap d'Antifer on 27 Aug. 1944.'

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The damaged minesweeper Salamander (1936) in Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire

A close view of the wrecked stern of the minesweeper Salamander (1936) taken from off the starboard quarter. She is laid up at moorings in the entrance to Fareham Creek in Portsmouth Harbour. Her stern was destroyed by rocket fire from Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft off Cap d'Antifer on 27 Aug. 1944.

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Object details

ID:	N25683
Type:	Negative
Materials:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	28 September 1944
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm