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 port side of the upper (minelaying) deck looking forward showing two dummy sand filled moored mines and sinkers on the rails. A winch is on the right.

Object Details

ID: PM7544/13A
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 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm