OPERATION RHEOSTAT ONE - FLEET CLEARANCE DIVING TEAM AT WORK ON THE WRECK OF THE MECCA [Allocated Title]
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- Catalogue number
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- ADM 4756
- Production date
- 1974-04
- Place made
- GB
- Subject period
- Creator
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- Directorate of Public Relations (Navy) (Production sponsor)
- Category
- film
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Object description
Divers of the Fleet Clearance Diving Team work on the wreck of the Egyptian passenger ship Mecca.
Full description
HA.MS from the SCA launch Nada to a Gemini inflatable towing astern - a second follows under its own power. The FCDT reaches the wreck of the Mecca, and the inflatables are secured alongside. Onboard the launch the divers suit up. A USM CH-53D helicopter passes overhead, a Mk 105 magnetic mine clearance sled suspended beneath the aircraft. The divers enter the water to search the wreck for mines.
Physical description
16mm
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Fair Dealing
All Rights Reserved except for Fair Dealing exceptions otherwise permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised.