On board the ocean weather ship Weather Reporter (1944) while on station in the North Atlantic.

On board the ocean weather ship Weather Reporter (1944) on station in the North Atlantic. The photographer is in the balloon hangar looking aft over the transom during heavy weather with a following sea. A meteorological assistant is heading into the hangar.

Object Details

ID: PM7472/8A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Oakham Castle (1944)
Date made: February-March 1962
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 207 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 55 mm