On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Thames (1953) in the North Sea off the Dutch coast
On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Thames (1953) looking to starboard and slightly aft from the port side of the open bridge showing a Royal Naval Reserve lieutenant using the starboard bearing compass. The binnacle compass is in the left foreground. The Thames is on passage from Den Helder to Southampton after taking part with other Ton class units in the joint RN/RNR live minesweeping exercise Cableway in Dutch coastal waters.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7667/12 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Buttington (1953) |
| Date made: | 15 July 1963 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 192 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |