On board The Royal Naval Reserve coastal minesweeper Mersey (1957) during the NATO exercise Northern Merger in the North Sea off the Danish coast

On board the Royal Naval Reserve coastal minesweeper Mersey (1957) during the NATO exercise Northern Merger in the North Sea off the Danish coast. The photographer is on the port side of the sweep deck abreast the minesweeping winch looking aft over the side while a sweep for moored influence mines is being undertaken. The sweep wire is angled out to port.

Object Details

ID: PM8031/10
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Pollington (1957)
Date made: September 1974
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm