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).

Object Details

ID: REL0425
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
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