HMD FISHER BOY DEALS WITH NEW TYPES OF ENEMY MINES. 17 OCTOBER 1944, PORTSMOUTH. ONE OF THE WAR'S MOST HAZARDOUS UNDERTAKINGS, RECOVERING NEW TYPES OF ENEMY MINES INTACT FOR EXAMINATION BY EXPERTS IS THE SPECIALISED JOB OF HMD FISHER BOY, A 28 YEAR OLD DRIFTER, VETERAN OF THE LAST WAR AND A FISHING VESSEL IN PEACETIME. - Left to right: Petty Officer B R Blowers, of Lowestoft, the Engineer, who has been at sea more than 30 years; Skipper G W Brown, RNR, of Great Yarmouth (over 30 years at sea); and Chief Petty Officer Wm Main, of Burghead, Morayshire; the coxswain who has been seafaring for 18
HMD FISHER BOY DEALS WITH NEW TYPES OF ENEMY MINES. 17 OCTOBER 1944, PORTSMOUTH. ONE OF THE WAR'S MOST HAZARDOUS UNDERTAKINGS, RECOVERING NEW TYPES OF ENEMY MINES INTACT FOR EXAMINATION BY EXPERTS IS THE SPECIALISED JOB OF HMD FISHER BOY, A 28 YEAR OLD DRIFTER, VETERAN OF THE LAST WAR AND A FISHING VESSEL IN PEACETIME. - Left to right: Petty Officer B R Blowers, of Lowestoft, the Engineer, who has been at sea more than 30 years; Skipper G W Brown, RNR, of Great Yarmouth (over 30 years at sea); and Chief Petty Officer Wm Main, of Burghead, Morayshire; the coxswain who has been seafaring for 18 years
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