The gemini dinghy of the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Cuxton (1953) and 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 starboard side of the Whitby registered motor trawler Ard Aidhm (1961), WY 135, which is stopped with her trawl boards and nets on her starboard beam. An officer from the Cuxton is on board the trawler checking her nets while the Cuxton's gemini dinghy is standing off in the distance.

Object Details

ID: PM8061/22
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