The smashed four inch gun on the destroyer HMS Matchless (1914).

A view from the remains of the quarterdeck looking forward on the destroyer HMS Matchless (1914). The photograph shows the smashed four inch gun resulting from the ship hitting a mine and having her stern blown off on 9 November 1915.

The negative is blurred due to camera shake.

Object Details

ID: N22524
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hooper, Lieutenant Geoffroy William Winsmore
Vessels: Matchless (1914)
Date made: 1915; After 9 November 1915 February 1916
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Captain Gunn Collection
Measurements: Overall: 111 mm x 83 mm