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 quarterdeck looking aft and down showing a sand filled dummy moored mine, sinker and flare float dropping into the water. Slightly unsharp.

Object Details

ID: PM7560/10A
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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