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 down over the rail on the starboard side amidships showing a floating mail canister close alongside about to be retrieved from the sea. The canister was dropped by a Shackleton maritime reconnaissance aircraft. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7481/1A |
|---|---|
| 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 235 mm;Frame: 45 mm x 35 mm |