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 centreline of the quarterdeck looking aft and to port between two sand filled dummy moored mines on sinkers and with flare floats attached. Two men, one of them wearing overalls and a bowler hat, are standing by the port guardrail.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7548/35A |
|---|---|
| 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 |