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 forecastle looking aft and up showing the wheelhouse and foremast above the bridge deck . An RDF frame aerial is fitted to the front of the bridge deck. The ship's crest is on the face of the wheelhouse. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7545/24A |
|---|---|
| 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: 38 mm x 35 mm |