Looking forward from the port bridge wing on board the helicopter support ship Lofoten (1945) alongside in No. 3 Basin, Devonport Dockyard
On board the helicopter support ship Lofoten (1945) alongside the east wall of No. 3 basin in Devonport Dockyard. The photographer is looking forward from the port bridge wing showing the Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopter XP110, coded 776/PO of 737 Squadron, which is parked on the forward part of the flight deck facing aft. Men are gathered round the helicopter and a sign on deck reads 'Fuelling. No smoking.' More men are by chairs on deck in the foreground.
Object Details
ID: | PM7779/6 |
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Type: | Roll film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
Vessels: | LST 3027 (1945) |
Date made: | 24 June 1964 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |