On board the Royal Navy coastal minelayer Plover (1937) under way in Stokes Bay, The Solent
On board the coastal minelayer Plover (1937) under way during a minelaying exercise in Stokes Bay, The Solent. The photographer is on the starboard side of the upper (minelaying) deck looking forward showing two exercise ground mines being handled. The mines are numbered 16 and 18 and are marked '44 day clocks A (WBNS) 5.62'. The seamen are stripped to the waist.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7543/12A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Plover (1937) |
| Date made: | June 1962 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 226 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 37 mm |