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: PM7779/7
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