MINESWEEPERS OF THE RESERVE FLEET ARE RECOMMISSIONED DURING THE INDONESIAN CONFRONTATION [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MINESWEEPERS OF THE RESERVE FLEET ARE RECOMMISSIONED DURING THE INDONESIAN CONFRONTATION [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 3502
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - SOUTH EAST ASIA [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Wooden protective arking is removed from Ton Class minesweepers, part of the reserve fleet stationed at Singapore Naval Base.
  • Description: I. Sequence shot onboard a RAF launch carrying a Vice-Admiral out to the submarine HMS Amphion, where a side party stands ready to receive him. II. Re-commissioning of minesweepers. MS off the starboard beam of HMS Santon (M.1178) lying alongside a Leander Class frigate in Singapore Naval Base - the minesweeper's upper works are protected by a full-length covering of wooden panels. The cameracraft passes HMS Lullingstone (M.1163), anchored between a LCT converted to a Maintenance and Repair Craft, MRC 1100, and a tender VIC 45 - men are at work on the focsle of the minesweeper, stripping off the wooden arking. CUs as the cameracraft continues past HMS Invermoriston, her protective shell removed, lying alongside HMS Mull of Kintyre (A.225) - further aft along the side of the minesweeper maintenance ship is a still-covered Ham Class inshore minesweeper and the seaward defence boat HMS Ickford (P.3116). Cut back to LA.CU of the focsle deck of HMS Lullingstone where men are at work stripping away the sheathing and throwing the discarded panels into the tender alongside.
  • Alternative Title: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - SOUTH EAST ASIA [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: ADM 3502
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (ADM 3502)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1965-01
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations (Navy) (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, AMPHION (HMS), submarine (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Mull of Kintyre (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Santon (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Lullingstone (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Invermoriston (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Ickford (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Simbang (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - submarine: Amphion (object name) ships, British naval - minesweeper, coastal: Santon (M.1178) & [storage] (object name) ships, British naval - minesweeper, coastal: Lullingstone (M.1163) & [storage] (object name) ships, British naval - minesweeper, coastal: Invermoriston (M.1150) & [storage] (object name) ships, British naval - light forces: Ickford (P.3116) & [storage] (object name) ships, British naval - harbour: Mull of Kintyre (A.225) (object name) ships, British naval - harbour: Simbang (MRC 1100) (object name) ships, British naval - minesweeper, coastal: Ham Class & [storage] (object name) Indonesian Confrontation (event) Malaya & Singapore <Naval Base> (geography) Singapore (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 100 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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    ADM 3502

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    ADM 3442 (EXERCISE SLEEPING BEAUTY [Allocated Title])
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