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The destroyer HMS Thisbe (1917) being towed by the tug Vanquisher (1899) into the dry dock at Harwich.
A port bow view of the rescue tug Vanquisher (1899) towing the mine-damaged destroyer HMS Thisbe (1917) into the floating dry dock at Harwich. The semi-submerged wall of the dry dock can be seen on the left of the picture. Vanguisher was commissioned as a rescue tug on 30 July 1914 and returned to her owners on 11 November 1919. Thisbe's Pendent number F77 can be seen on her bow just forward of the bridge.
The negative has a faint water mark in the sky above the destroyer.
The negative has a faint water mark in the sky above the destroyer.
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Object Details
| ID: | N22763 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Hooper, Lieutenant Geoffroy William Winsmore |
| Vessels: | Vanquisher (1899); Thisbe (1917) |
| Date made: | 23 September 1917 |
| People: | Elliott Steam Tug Co Ltd; HMS |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Captain Gunn Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 81 mm x 105 mm |