On board the Type 81 general purpose frigate Ashanti (1959) under way on the Thames bound up for the Pool of London.
On board the Royal Navy type 81 general purpose frigate Ashanti (1959) under way on the Thames heading upstream from Gravesend to the Pool of London. The photographer is on the upper deck looking aft and up showing the barrels of the Limbo mortar and the nose of the prototype Westland Wasp HAS.1 helicopter XN332 (758). Negatives numbers PM7461/12A to PM7464/35A inclusive were taken on the same occasion.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7462/19A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Ashanti (1959) |
| Date made: | 5 June 1962 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 227 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |