On board the Royal Navy riverine gunboat Skull (1963) under way near Kuching, Sarawak
On board the Royal Navy riverine gunboat Skull (1963) under way near Kuching, Sarawak. The photographer is looking aft and to starboard from the cabin showing the coxswain, a leading seaman, at the wheel looking over his right shoulder. A lifering with SKULL and L.C.A. 119 on it is in the foreground. This was during the Indonesian confrontation which ran from 20 January 1963 to 11 August 1966. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7758/24 |
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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 76 mm;Frame: 38 mm x 35 mm |