A distant view of part of the Destroyer Flotilla, Second Division, under way on the North Sea.

A distant view of part of the Destroyer Flotilla, Second Division, under way on the North Sea taken from the light cruiser HMS Aurora (1913). In the middle-distance on the left is a destroyer built by Yarrow, either HMS Manly, Minas or Miranda. Ahead of her is one of two Thornycroft-built destroyers, either HMS Mastiff or Meteor. Note that the destroyers are still in their black livery.

The negative has a watermark in middle on the emulsion side, which leave a significant area of white. however, the actual image of the destroyers in unaffected.

Object Details

ID: N22512
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hooper, Lieutenant Geoffroy William Winsmore
Date made: 1915
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Captain Gunn Collection
Measurements: Overall: 80 mm x 109 mm