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. A lifering with SKULL on it is in the foreground. This was during the Indonesian confrontation which ran from 20 January 1963 to 11 August 1966.

Object Details

ID: PM7759/25
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: Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm