The master of the passenger cargo motor craft Tiong Huat ---- (four letters not decipherable) in his wheelhouse near Kuching, Sarawak
The master of the small passenger/cargo motor craft Tiong Huat ---- (four letters not decipherable) in his wheelhouse looking down at the Royal Navy riverine gunboat Skull (1963) (former LCA) near Kuching, Sarawak. The identification K521 is painted on the side of the wheelhouse. His vessel has been stopped and checked by the gunboat, which is crewed by men from Naval Party Kilo. This was during the Indonesian confrontation which ran from 20 January 1963 to 11 August 1966.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7757/21 |
|---|---|
| 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 76 mm; Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |
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