Looking aft from the bow on board the fast patrol boat Brave Borderer (1958) in an unknown port.
On board the fast patrol boat Brave Borderer (1958) in an unknown port. The photographer is looking aft from the bow showing the forward single 40mm bofors gun with its ready use ammunition locker to port. A Royal Navy lieutenant, presumbly the ship's commanding officer, and another officer are on the bridge. Negatives numbers PM7465/2 to PM7470/31 inclusive were taken on the same deployment. Between 18 May and 3 June 1961 the ship cruised to Copenhagen and Danish waters returning via Kiel and the Hook of Holland. Between 19 June and 9 July 1961 she was on a Rhine cruise.
Object Details
ID: | PM7467/16 |
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Type: | Roll film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
Vessels: | Brave Borderer (1958) |
Date made: | 18 May to 9 July 1961 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 191 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 39 mm |