page_title: HMS Canterbury (1915)
section_title: Preservation
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Canterbury (1915) / Preservation
caption_attribution_description: English: St George's day 1918, on the bridge of 'HMS Canterbury'. When the great naval raid took place on Zeebrugge and Ostend. In the foreground three officers look intently. An officer (probably: Cuthbert Coppinger, Lieutenant, Navigating Officer) on the right operates a sextant. Behind them on the left stand two crewmen using binoculars to stare at the sea beyond the bridge wall. It's a sunny daytime scene but all the men are warmly dressed. The officer in the centre (Capt. Percy Royds R. N.) wears a floor-length duffel coat. On the deck behind him sits a small black dog. In the right foreground the steering gear is contained in a metal cylinder with the upright metal communications trumpet nearby. catalogue_number = Art.IWM ART 1311 database_number = 5424
context_page_description: HMS Canterbury was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy that saw service in the First World War and the Russian Civil War. She was part of the Cambrian group of the C class.
context_section_description: Canterbury's ship's bell is preserved at Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England, and her ship's badge is on display at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England.
caption: The bridge during the raid on Zeebrugge
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