A sailor in working rig holding a piece of plating from the fore inner funnel of HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913). The damage to the plate was caused by splinters from a high explosive shell fired by an Ottoman field gun during the bombardment of the Dardanelles forts on 18 March 1915. The coal shovel mounted on the wall to the sailor's left with 'Lest We Forget' carved into the handle celebrates the fact that, as an oil-fuelled ship, HMS Queen Elizabeth's crew were spared the rigours of coaling ship while in harbour. This picture was taken on the starboard side of the upper deck roughly abreast 'X' turret barbette.


See also negatives N16834, N16835 and N16836.