The Harwich Force Torpedo Boat Destroyer Regatta
A view looking towards Parkeston, with HMS Dido (1896), a cruiser converted to a destroyer depot ship, in the background. The photograph was taken from the light cruiser HMS Aurora (1913). In the middle foreground are the whalers of the Harwich Force during the destroyer regatta. The original caption referred to this as the stokers whalers race.
This is a blurred photograph.
This is a blurred photograph.
Object Details
| ID: | N22642 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Hooper, Lieutenant Geoffroy William Winsmore |
| Vessels: | Dido (1896) |
| Date made: | September 1916 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Captain Gunn Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 85 mm x 108 mm |