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 and up showing the aft platform, the funnel, tripod mast and bridge deck. The blue logo of the Suez Canal Authority is on the funnel. She is engaged in Operation Rheostat One, the clearing of the Suez Canal of ordnance left over from the Egypt-Israel War. A vertical format image.
Object Details
ID: | PCT19451 |
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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: 38 mm x 35 mm |