HMS Exmouth grounded off Carriden Pit

Maker
Unknown
Production date
Circa 1920
 Description
View of a pre-Dreadnought class battleship lying off of a pier. She has been decommissioned, with her guns removed although the turrets remain. Her hull is rusty.

This photo is not available as a scanned image. You can see the original in the Archives in Callendar House.

Object detail

Department
Photo
Maker
Production date
Circa 1920
Subject person
Subject place
Carriden/Bo'ness area
Subject notes
Exmouth was sold by the Admiralty to the Forth Shipbreaking Co in 1920, and taken to their Carriden Yard. She was grounded off Carriden Pit for a long period and partly dismantled. In 1922 she was resold and towed to Rotterdam for scrapping.
Accession number
P01957

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