A close-up of the damage to the port quarter of the destroyer HMS Sharpshooter (1917)

A close-up detail of the damaged port quarter and stern of the destroyer HMS Sharpshooter (1917) while in dry dock at Harwich. The damage was caused by a mine on 27 September 1917 in the North Sea. The photograph was taken from a boat looking up at the damage.

Object Details

ID: N22760
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hooper, Lieutenant Geoffroy William Winsmore
Vessels: Sharpshooter (1917)
Date made: 29 Sepptember 1917
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Captain Gunn Collection
Measurements: Overall: 105 mm x 82 mm