A close-up bow view of the collapsed forecastle on the destroyer HMS 'Mentor' (1914).
A close-up bow view of the collapsed forecastle, taken from a ship's boat, of the destroyer HMS 'Mentor' (1914) while alongside the destroyer depot ship HMS 'Dido' (1896). The anchor chains have been secured around the riding bitts on the undamaged part of the forecastle. An officer and three sailors are standing on the starboard side of the forecastle deck near the damaged chain pipe.
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 image is sightly out of focus.
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 image is sightly out of focus.
Object Details
| ID: | N22530 |
|---|---|
| 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: 113 mm x 85 mm |