The Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopter XP110, coded 776/PO, on the flight deck of the helicopter support ship Lofoten (1945) alongside in No. 3 Basin, Devonport Dockyard
On board the helicopter support ship Lofoten (1945) alongside the east wall of No. 3 basin in Devonport Dockyard. The photographer is looking forward from the aft end of the flight deck showing the Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopter XP110, coded 776/PO, on the forward part of the flight deck. A notice on deck reads 'Fuelling. No smoking.' A fitter is climbing up the starboard side of the helicopter.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7778/3 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | LST 3027 (1945) |
| Date made: | 24 June 1964 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 148 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |