A view of the damaged stern of the destroyer HMS Skate (1917)

A view just off the stern, starboard side, of the damage to the destroyer HMS Skate (1917) afloat in the floating dock at Harwich. She was towed into Harwich having been torpedoed on 12 March in the stern.

The photograph is out of focus.

Object Details

ID: N22705
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hooper, Lieutenant Geoffroy William Winsmore
Vessels: Skate (1917)
Date made: 13 March 1917
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 86 mm
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