In this selection you will see a pet baby fox on board, the mascot of one of the minesweepers, crew members relaxing in their cabin during World War Two in March 1941, a crewman sending a message on a heliograph, crew working out below decks with an improvised punch bag, a paddle steamer which was repurposed as a minesweeper in 1940 and loading the gun on a Royal Navy minesweeper in 1941. All images: Getty Images
5. Minesweeper crew from the past
Officers with a map below decks on a Royal Navy minesweeper during World War II, March 1941. (Photo by Horace Abrahams/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: Horace Abrahams
6. Minesweeper crew from the past
Crew members loading the gun on a Royal Navy minesweeper during World War II, March 1941. (Photo by Horace Abrahams/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: Horace Abrahams
7. Minesweeper crew from the past
An officer at the wheel of a Royal Navy mine sweeper, 1940. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: Fox Photos
8. Minesweeper crew from the past
A crew member of a Royal Navy minesweeper with a handheld Aldis Brothers searchlight for Morse code signalling during World War II, March 1941. (Photo by Horace Abrahams/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: Horace Abrahams