The explosion of a Limbo mortar bomb from the Royal Navy frigate Charybdis (1968) off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth.
The explosion of a Limbo mortar bomb fired by the Royal Navy frigate Charybdis (1968) during exercise Sally Forth in the North Sea off the Firth of Forth. The frigate is on the left out of the picture. The photographer is on board the guided missile destroyer Bristol (1969).
Object Details
| ID: | PM8005/21 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Bristol (1969); Charybdis (1968) |
| Date made: | 24 July 1973 |
| 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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