The gemini dinghy setting out from the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Cuxton (1953) 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 down on the Cuxton's gemini dinghy with four crew on board setting out to carry out an inspection of the German motor coaster Schulenburg (1961) which has been stopped following a report of a bomb on board.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8063/32 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Cuxton (1953) |
| Date made: | May 1977 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |