A starboard side view of the Royal Navy coastal minehunter Bossington (1955) anchored at Port Said, Suez Canal
A starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the Royal Navy coastal minehunter Bossington (1955) at anchor in the Suez Canal near Port Said. Her pendant number is M1133 and she has an awning rigged over her forecastle. She is engaged in Operation Rheostat One, the clearing of the Suez Canal of ordnance left over from the Egypt-Israel War. A slightly over-exposed image.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19441 |
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| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Events: | Operation Rheostat One, 1974 |
| Vessels: | Bossington (1955) |
| Date made: | May - June 1974 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm |