The destroyer flotilla leader HMS Lightfoot (1915) under way in the North Sea.

A starboard broadside view of the destroyer flotilla leader HMS Lightfoot (1915) under way in the North Sea. The photograph was taken from the light cruiser HMS Aurora (1913). Two warships can be seen passing in the opposite direction on the distant horizon.

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]

The negative has a few scratches on it.

Object Details

ID: N22709
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hooper, Lieutenant Geoffroy William Winsmore
Vessels: Lightfoot (1915)
Date made: March 1917
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Captain Gunn Collection
Measurements: Overall: 110 mm x 82 mm