On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Thames (1953) in Southampton Water, bound in.
On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Thames (1953) under way in Southampton Water passing Netley, bound in. The photographer is looking aft and slightly to starboard from the port side at the base of the lattice mast abaft the bridge. 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: | PM7668/18 |
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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 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |