A game of volleyball on board the frigate Falmouth (1959) in the North Atlantic within 200 miles of Iceland

On board the Royal Navy frigate Falmouth (1959) on patrol in the north Atlantic within 200 miles of Iceland during the time known as the 3rd Cod War. The photographer is looking forward and slightly to port from the starboard aft corner of the flight deck showing four of the crew having a game of volleyball on the landing pad. The hangar door is closed. A net has been strung across the flight deck and the photographer has noted that this was the only occasion during the three week patrol that it was possible to have sport on the upper deck. The temperature was a reported one degree centigrade.

Object Details

ID: PM8046/17A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Falmouth (1959)
Date made: January 1976
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm