HMS_King_George_V_after_collision.jpg

Description IWM caption : HMS KING GEORGE V , photographed with a huge hole in the bows against a mountainous backdrop,after the battleship had collided with HMS PUNJABI in dense fog on 1 May 1942, at Seidesfjord, Iceland. HMS PUNJABI was cut in half and lost. HMS KING GEORGE V was taken for repair to Gladstone dock, Liverpool (photographed from the destroyer HMS WHEATLAND).
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This photograph A 9943 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-01)
Author Ware, C J (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer
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