H.M.S. 'Hampshire' raft wood fragment

Timber. One piece of packing case with 'HAMPSHIRE' stencilled on and a knot of wood see REL0268.1. With a photograph in an envelope of a raft on a beach. On the back of the photograph: 'Raft from wreck of Hampshire Kitchener's Last Voyage. Flotsam Skaill Bay Aug 1916'. On wrapping paper ' Two pieces of wood belonging to HMS Hampshire'. HMS 'Hampshire' was sunk by a mine off the Orkneys on 5 June 1916. Lord Kitchener was amongst those lost.

Object Details

ID: REL0268
Collection: Relics
Type: Timber
Display location: Not on display
Events: World War I, 1914-1918; World War I: Loss of HMS Hampshire, 1916
Vessels: Hampshire (1903)
Date made: 1916
People: Lord Alfred Kitchener, Alfred
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 8 mm x 381 mm x 102 mm
Parts: H.M.S. 'Hampshire' raft wood fragment