A starboard bow view of the Royal Navy chartered minesweeper Venturer (1972) during team sweeping in Loch Fyne, Scotland

A slightly distant starboard bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the Royal Navy chartered minesweeper Venturer (1972) during a team sweeping exercise with her sister St David (1973) in Loch Fyne, Scotland. She has three black balls hoisted indicating that it is unsafe to pass down either side of her and her pendant number is M08. The photographer is on board the St David (1973) looking aft and to port from the port side amidships showing part of her stern gantry.

Object Details

ID: PM8095/19
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Suffolk Harvester (1972); Suffolk Monarch (1973)
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