DETAILED VIEW STARBOARD SIDE OF THE DESTROYER HMAS NESTOR (G02) LISTING TO PORT AND ABANDONED ...

Accession Number 301083
Collection type Photograph
Object type Acetate, Silver Gelatin
Physical description Acetate, Silver Gelatin
Maker Colchugh, P
Date made 16 June 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

DETAILED VIEW STARBOARD SIDE OF THE DESTROYER HMAS NESTOR (G02) LISTING TO PORT AND ABANDONED AFTER SUFFERING FATAL DAMAGE TO HER BOILER ROOMS IN A BOMBING ATTACK. NOTE THE HAMMOCKS DRAPED OVER THE SIDE FOR USE AS FENDERS WHEN THE DESTROYER HMS JAVELIN CAME ALONGSIDE TO TAKE OFF HER CREW. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)