On board the Royal Navy coastal minelayer Plover (1937) in The Solent
On board the Royal Navy coastal minelayer Plover (1937) under way in the Solent bound in for Portsmouth Dockyard. The photographer is on the starboard side of the bridge deck looking aft and slightly to port showing a military band, possibly the Royal Hampshire Regiment, playing on the forecastle deck amidships. The ship's funnel with its Hampshire rose emblem is on the right.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7565/1A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Plover (1937) |
| Date made: | 1962 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 147 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 33 mm |