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 aft end of the forecastle deck looking to starboard and down showing three crew members manhandling an exercise ground mine over the stern from the starboard rails. Four other men are looking on. The negative is badly damaged.

Object Details

ID: PM7561/20A
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