A wartime photograph shows HMS Edinburgh operating with the Dido-class cruisers HMS Hermione and HMS Euryalus. The two smaller cruisers' positions relative to Edinburgh put the ships close to a staggered line abreast. The middle cruiser should sit slightly farther forward for the label to fit exactly. The passage turns a fleet photograph into a short lesson in reading formation geometry rather than viewing the ships only as individual subjects.
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Reading Edinburgh's formation with Hermione and Euryalus
Use a photograph of Edinburgh, Hermione, and Euryalus to see how relative ship positions define a staggered line-abreast formation.