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. It is after sunset and the photographer is on the starboard side of the sweep deck looking aft and to port showing some of the crew relaxing at the stern rail with the ship in Condition Zulu and some of the men are wearing anti-flash gear. Oropesa floats are stowed in the foreground. The negative is under exposed.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8033/22 |
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| 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 114 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |