The commando carrier Albion (1947) alongside Middle Slip Jetty, Portsmouth Dockyard

A starboard side view of the commando carrier Albion (1947) alongside Middle Slip Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard. The photographer is on the jetty looking aft and to port from abreast the bow. The island superstructure has the type 983 radar aerial at the forward end and the single bedstead AKE1 aerial of the Type 965 radar is at the masthead. The assault landing craft and ship's boats are not yet on board.

Object Details

ID: PM7575/11A
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