Image:HMSEskimoBowTorpedoDamageMay1940.jpg

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Description

IWM caption : "The British destroyer HMS ESKIMO, with her stern (sic) blown off by a torpedo, docked on the Norwegian coast. Despite this she will be setting off to England for repair in this state."
Comment : This actually shows the bows blown off.
Source

Imperial War Museum Collection No.: 4700-57 Photo No.: N 233
Date

May 1940
Author

Marshall Bishop H War Office official photographer
Permission
(Reusing this image)

Crown Copyright expired (50 years)

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