The explosion of a Limbo mortar bomb from the Royal Navy frigate Charybdis (1968) off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth.

The explosion of a Limbo mortar bomb fired by the Royal Navy frigate Charybdis (1968) during exercise Sally Forth in the North Sea off the Firth of Forth. The frigate is on the left out of the picture. The photographer is on board the guided missile destroyer Bristol (1969).

Object Details

ID: PM8005/21
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Bristol (1969); Charybdis (1968)
Date made: 24 July 1973
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm