The frigate Cawsand Bay (1945) with bow damage in dry dock, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire

A close port bow view of the frigate Cawsand Bay (1945) taken from wide off the bow at the bottom of a dry dock in Portsmouth Dockyard. The ship has been in collision or grounded, the bottom 9 feet of the stem has been pushed back and the keel and bottom plating has been badly damaged for about 30 feet from the bow.

Object details

ID: N26151
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 19 March 1946
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 100 mm x 127 mm