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 looking forward and to port from the quarterdeck showing the hangar. A meterological officer is holding a cruciform aerial and is pulling a fully inflated weather balloon out from under its cone protector in the hangar. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7479/30A |
|---|---|
| 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 152 mm;Frame: 38 mm x 35 mm |