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 thought to be on the starboard side of the upper (minelaying) deck looking forward showing exercise ground mines on the inboard rails and sand filled dummy moored mines on the outboard rails. The ship's galley is on the left.
Object Details
ID: | PM7545/21A |
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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 |
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