A bow view of the monitor HMS Erebus (1916) moored at Dover.
a port bow view of the monitor HMS Erebus (1916) at moorings at Dover with the cliffs in the background. Two ship's boats are moored off her stern. A small part of the deck of the light cruiser HMS Aurora (1913) can be seen on the right of the image, as the photographer was standing on the starboard quarter looking across the harbour to the monitor.
HMS Aurora (1913) left Harwich on 12 April and arrived at Dover at 1.05pm where she undertook night defence off the Downs. Aurora returned to Harwich on 20 April via Edinburgh Channel and Black Deep. [Ship's log, TNA, ADM 53/34496].
HMS Aurora (1913) left Harwich on 12 April and arrived at Dover at 1.05pm where she undertook night defence off the Downs. Aurora returned to Harwich on 20 April via Edinburgh Channel and Black Deep. [Ship's log, TNA, ADM 53/34496].
Object Details
| ID: | N22715 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Hooper, Lieutenant Geoffroy William Winsmore |
| Vessels: | Erebus (1916) |
| Date made: | April 1917 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Captain Gunn Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 80 mm x 105 mm |