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 up the foremast looking forward and down showing the bow slamming into a large wave. A radar cheese 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: | PM7497/1 |
|---|---|
| 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 84 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 42 mm |