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 deck aft looking aft and down onto the quarterdeck showing four sand filled dummy moored mines on sinkers with flare floats attached. The flare floats are marked 'VMF.1 Lot 24 5.62'

Object Details

ID: PM7547/31A
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 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm