On board the ocean weather ship Weather Reporter (1944) in the North Atlantic
On board the ocean weather ship Weather Reporter (1944) while on station in the North Atlantic. The photographer is on the roof of the wheelhouse looking forward showing the bow slamming into a heavy sea and throwing up a mass of spray. The top of the radio direction finder frame aerial is in the foreground. The ship sailed from Greenock at 10.00 on Tuesday 6th (February or March) 1962 for a 24 day deployment.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7495/28 |
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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 115 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 41 mm |