The gemini dinghy of the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Cuxton (1953) heading towards the motor trawler Ard Aidhm (1961) in the North Sea, off the north-east coast of England.

On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Cuxton (1953) during a fishery protection patrol in the North Sea off the north-east coast of England. The photographer is looking at the ship's gemini dinghy heading towards the Whitby registered motor trawler Ard Aidhm (1961), WY 135, which has her nets out on her starboard beam. The trawler is seen from abaft her port beam.

Object Details

ID: PM8060/14
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Cuxton (1953); Ard Aidhm (1961)
Date made: May 1977
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm