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 |
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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 |