A port side view from the after four inch gun to the stern of the light cruiser HMS 'Arethusa' (1913) ashore on Cutler Shoal, off Woodbridge Haven and the river Deben. The stern is raised at an angle out of the sea. On her starboard side can be seen the funnel and mast of an unidentified steam drifter. To the left of the image by the port accommodation ladder is a ship's boat attached by a boat hook. Some sailors are on deck between the after blast screen and the six inch gun. 'Arethusa' hit a mine on 11 February off Felixstowe and ran aground on the Cutler Shoal when the tow broke.

The Cutler Shoal is a rocky shoal which lies about 2.3 miles E of the entrance to Woodbridge Haven and the river Deben.