The coastal minesweeper support ship Manxman (1940) berthed alongside in Chatham Dockyard.

A close starboard side view of the bridge and forward funnel of the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper support ship Manxman (1940) alongside the basin wall in Chatham Dockyard at the end of her conversion from a fast minelayer. The photographer is on the roadway looking slightly forward and to port. Her pendant number N70 is mainly obscured by a quayside shed. The top of her foremast is out of the picture.

Object Details

ID: PM7644/12
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Manxman (1940)
Date made: January - February 1963
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm