H.M.S. 'Vanguard' door hinge pieces
Two pieces of a brass door hinge with the pin broken. From HMS 'Vanguard' sunk by internal explosion on 9 July 1917 at Scapa Flow. The hinge was picked up among debris a couple of days after the accident, by the donor Captain Andrew Vavasour Scott Yates RN (1900-1991).
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Object Details
ID: | REL0425 |
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Collection: | Relics |
Type: | Door hinge |
Display location: | Not on display |
Vessels: | Vanguard (1909) |
Date made: | Before 1917 |
People: | Yates, Andrew Vavasour Scott |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 13 mm x 108 mm x 53 mm |