A view through the hole in the bow of the destroyer HMS 'Mentor' (1914).
A close-up view taken from a ship's boat through the hole in the starboard bow of the destroyer HMS 'Mentor' (1914) while alongside the destroyer depot ship HMS 'Dido' (1896).
The forward 18ft of the forecastle deck collapsed as a result of a torpedo explosion beneath the bow earlier that morning on 17 August when on a mine laying exercise off the Amrun Bank, 25 miles north of Heligoland. The ship was part of a larger group attacked by German torpedo boats. Mentor was able to steam back to Harwich. Aurora was in Harwich on 17 August.
The forward 18ft of the forecastle deck collapsed as a result of a torpedo explosion beneath the bow earlier that morning on 17 August when on a mine laying exercise off the Amrun Bank, 25 miles north of Heligoland. The ship was part of a larger group attacked by German torpedo boats. Mentor was able to steam back to Harwich. Aurora was in Harwich on 17 August.
Object Details
| ID: | N22528 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Hooper, Lieutenant Geoffroy William Winsmore |
| Vessels: | Mentor (1914) |
| Date made: | 17 August 1915 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Captain Gunn Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 85 mm x 113 mm |