Volunteer mine-sweeper trainees lowering weight, Sept 1939
Volunteer mine-sweeper trainees lowering a weight over the side of a boat to keep their paravane at the correct depth. Volunteers, most commonly fishermen, were trained by the British Navy towards the end of 1938 and throughout 1939 as mine-sweepers in order to allow the Navy to direct their attention elsewhere
Picture No
12688905
Media ID
46137753
Size
4318px x 4903px
(4.3MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photographer in The Sphere', 30 September 1939, page 487
Date
1939
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