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Title:OPERATION RHEOSTAT ONE - ROYAL NAVY MINESWEEPERS HELP CLEAR THE SUEZ CANAL [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ADM 4751
Other titles:POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - SUEZ [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: HMS Abdiel and three Ton Class minesweepers help in clearance work at Port Said.
Description: LS from onboard HMS Bossington to HMS Abdiel and minehunters Wilton and Maxton moored near the old Suez Canal Co buildings in Port Said. A Gemini inflatable follows in Bossington's wake. The minehunter anchors, hoisting 'at anchor' balls to yardarm. Cut to LS of Bossington at anchor - in the midground is a marker buoy over a mine, and in the foreground the Gemini with men of the Fleet Clearance Diving Team - the inflatable wears flag 'A' (I am operating divers). Eventually an underwater explosion is set off, destroying the mine and buoy. A second countermine is set off, frightening off local seabirds and throwing up a dark mass of turbid water. Final sequence shows a diver onboard Bossington - he dons a special non-magnetic wet suit, attaches a safety line, and puts on a Mk 2 Clearance Diver's Breathing Apparatus.
Alternative Title:POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - SUEZ [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations (Navy) (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, ABDIEL (HMS), minelayer (1967) (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, BOSSINGTON (HMS), minesweeper (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Maxton (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Wilton (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Fleet Clearance Diving Team (regiment/service)
Keywords: ships, British naval - minelayer, ocean: Abdiel (object name)
ships, British naval - minesweeper, coastal: Bossington (M.1133) (object name)
ships, British naval - minesweeper, coastal: Maxton & [-] (object name)
ships, British naval - minesweeper, coastal: Wilton & [-] (object name)
operations, British naval - mines: clearance (object name)
operations, British naval - harbour: port clearance (object name)
Egypt & Port Said (geography)