The commando carrier Albion (1947) alongside Middle Slip Jetty, Portsmouth Dockyard
A starboard quarter view of the commando carrier Albion (1947) alongside Middle Slip Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard. The photographer is on the jetty looking forward and to port from abreast the stern. The Royal Marine Commando badge is on the funnel. The two assault landing craft and the ship's boats have not yet been put aboard. Note the saluting guns abaft the funnel. Four dockyard mateys are in the foreground passing a Standard Triumph Ten estate car.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7574/7A |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Albion (1947) |
| Date made: | July - August 1962 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |