On board the ocean weather ship Weather Reporter (1944) while on station in the North Atlantic.
On board the ocean weather ship Weather Reporter (1944) on station in the North Atlantic. The photographer is high up the mainmast looking at the starboard upper yard showing the anemometer and wind direction vane at the end of the yard. A weather balloon with a cruciform aerial attached is rising up into the sky above the mast. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
ID: | PM7479/27A |
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Type: | Roll film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
Vessels: | Oakham Castle (1944) |
Date made: | February-March 1962 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 38 mm x 35 mm |
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