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 the balloon hangar looking aft on a sunny day. Five of the crew are on the quarterdeck and a weather balloon is rising in the distance. Inside the hangar is a domed shield to protect inflated balloons from projections under the hangar deckhead.
Object Details
ID: | PM7477/29A |
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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 153 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |
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