On board the Royal Navy coastal minehunter Bossington (1955) anchored in the Suez Canal near Port Said
On board the Royal Navy coastal minehunter Bossington (1955) at anchor in the Suez Canal near Port Said. The photographer is on the starboard side of the sweep deck near the stern looking forward showing some of the crew lining the rail and others in the water during 'hands to bathe'. She is engaged in Operation Rheostat One, the clearing of the Suez Canal of ordnance left over from the Egypt-Israel War.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19446 |
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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 |