On board the Royal Navy chartered minesweeper St David (1973) during team sweeping in Loch Fyne, Scotland
On board the Royal Navy chartered minesweeper St David (1973) during a team sweeping exercise with her sister Venturer (1972) in Loch Fyne, Scotland. The photographer is looking aft and to port from the starboard side of the sweep deck showing the minesweeping winch in the right foreground. The Venturer (1972) has come within about 20 yards to pass a sweep wire and her kite can be seen secured to the starboard side of her transom ready for deployment.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8094/13 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Suffolk Monarch (1973); Suffolk Harvester (1972) |
| Date made: | November 1979 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |
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