On board the Vosper Ltd private venture fast patrol boat Ferocity (1959) in the Solent
On board the Vosper Ltd private venture fast patrol boat Ferocity (1959) during speed trials in the Solent. The photographer is looking aft and to starboard from abaft the starboard side of the enclosed bridge showing her wake when on a shallow turn to starboard at high speed. Her aft 40mm single bofors gun is on the right and her starboard torpedo is in the foreground. The horizon is not level.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7503/8A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Ferocity (1959) |
| Date made: | January - February 1962 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |