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, from just abaft the beam, 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 wehich have been hung from the foremast boom. The Cuxton's gemini dinghy is standing off in the distance.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8061/23 |
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| 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 |