On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Curzon (1954) at sea in the English Channel.
On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Curzon (1954) during a traffic route patrol in the English Channel. The photographer is on the port side of the open bridge looking to starboard and forward showing the Royal Naval Reserve skipper standing at the compass. In the background off the starboard bow is the French flagged motor trawler Poseidon (1964) on a reciprocal course, seen from just ahead of her starboard beam.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8017/6A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Fittleton (1954); Poseidon (1964) |
| Date made: | July 1974 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |