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, to port and up 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.

Object Details

ID: PM7574/8A
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