On board the Royal Navy coastal minelayer Plover (1937) under way in The Solent

On board the coastal minelayer Plover (1937) under way during a minelaying exercise in The Solent. The photographer is looking at the Royal Navy type 15 anti-submarine frigate Rapid (1942) under way in the background, seen from off her port beam.

Object Details

ID: PM7564/35A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Plover (1937); Rapid (1942)
Date made: June 1962
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 215 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm