The Royal Navy light cruiser Belfast (1938) leaving Middle Slip Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard, bound out.
A close view of the port side of the stern of the Royal Navy light cruiser Belfast (1938) leaving Middle Slip Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard, bound out. The photographer is on the jetty abreast the aft superstructure looking to starboard and slightly aft showing the Royal Naval Reserve crew mustered at 'Hands for leaving harbour' stations and the band on the quarterdeck. Everything forward of 'X' turret is out of the picture.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7663/31A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Belfast (1938) |
| Date made: | 10 August 1963 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |