On board the Royal Navy light cruiser Lion (1944) alongside Pitch House Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard

On board the Royal Navy light cruiser Lion (1944) alongside Pitch House Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard. The photographer is in the senior rate's dining hall between 76 and 88 stations on the port side of the forecastle deck looking forward and to port. The tables are laid and a Mother's Pride loaf of sliced bread is on the nearest table.

Object Details

ID: PM7700/17A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Defence (1944)
Date made: 1964
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 188 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm