File:HMS Edinburgh stern torpedo damage 1942 IWM MH 23866.jpg

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English: A photograph clearly showing the severe damage to the stern of HMS Edinburgh caused by a German torpedo whilst travelling with convoy QP11. The damage was so great that HMS EDINBURGH had to be sunk by a torpedo of the British destroyer HMS FORESIGHT.
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This photograph MH 23866 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author not stated. Assumed Royal Navy

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