Gurkha 17 Jan 1942 from Sweers
Royal Navy L-class destroyer HMS Gurkha (G 65), one hour after being torpedoed by U-133 off Sidi Barrani on 17 January 1942. She would be on the bottom just 30 minutes later with Sweers saving the majority of her crew. The photo was taken by D.J.Hoefsloot, ship’s barber on Isaac Sweers.