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. A meteorological assistant is preparing to launch a weather balloon. The quarterdeck and the hangar floor are awash. Note the balloon filling gas cylinders in a rack against the port side of the hangar. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7472/10A |
|---|---|
| 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: 38 mm x 35 mm |