A view over the forecatle deck from the Compass Platform on HMS 'Aurora' (1913)
A view looking forward from the Compass Platform over the forecastle deck on board HMS 'Aurora' (1913), a light cruiser. In the immediate foreground is the forward 6 inch gun with the sweep of the breakwater in front of it. The hawse pipe coverings are in place. The Harwich Force was at sea when this photograph was made and in the distance is one of the other cruisers.
Object Details
| ID: | N22591 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Hooper, Lieutenant Geoffroy William Winsmore |
| Vessels: | Aurora (1913) |
| Date made: | 1916 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Captain Gunn Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 115 mm x 85 mm |