The destroyer HMS Firedrake (1912) under way in the North Sea.

A starboard view, just forward of the broadside, of the destroyer HMS Firedrake (1912) under way at speed in the North Sea off Harwich. Her Pendant '97' can be seen on the bow below the line of her 4-inch gun. The photograph was taken from the light cruiser HMS Aurora (1913).

HMS Aurora (1913) was at sea on patrol from the evening of 24 March to 28 March and again for the night of 30-31 March. [Ship's log, TNA, ADM 53/34496]

Object Details

ID: N22708
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hooper, Lieutenant Geoffroy William Winsmore
Vessels: Firedrake (1912)
Date made: March 1917
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Captain Gunn Collection
Measurements: Overall: 83 mm x 110 mm