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

A close starboard quarter view of the bow of the frigate Cawsand Bay (1945) taken from abaft 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. No. 11 Dock caisson is in the dry dock ahead of her.

Object details

ID: N26157
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