The riverine gunboat Skull (1963) lying off the Tanjung Po lighthouse promontory, Kuching, Sarawak

A port side view of the after part of the riverine gunboat Skull (1963) lying off the Tanjung Po lighthouse promontory, Kuching, Sarawak. Five of the crew are aboard her. This was during the Indonesian confrontation which ran from 20 January 1963 to 11 August 1966 and the lighthouse promontory was used as a lookout and communications post, manned constantly by three enlisted men of Naval Party Kilo. The negative has some staining at the top.

Object Details

ID: PM7747/5
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Skull (1963)
Date made: October 1964
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 114 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm