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 on the starboard side of the deck amidships showing three crewmen opening a mail canister retrieved from the sea while a fourth crewman looks on expectantly. The canister was dropped by a Shackleton maritime reconnaissance aircraft.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7481/3A |
|---|---|
| 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: 35 mm x 38 mm |