On board the Royal Navy coastal minelayer Plover (1937) under way in Stokes Bay, The Solent

On board the coastal minelayer Plover (1937) under way during a minelaying exercise in Stokes Bay, The Solent. The photographer is on the quarterdeck looking to port showing an exercise ground mine being manhandled to the stern on the port rails. Stencilling on the mine indicates it is filled with pitch sand and was inspected WBNS 3.62.

Object Details

ID: PM7561/16A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Plover (1937)
Date made: June 1962
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm
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