A distant view of Royal Navy coastal minesweepers steaming in line ahead in the North Sea off the Dutch coast during the joint RN and RNR live minesweeping exercise Cableway. The photographer is looking aft from the starboard side of the bridge of the Royal Naval Reserve manned sweeper Thames (1953) of the 10th Mine Counter Measures Squadron. The starboard derrick post, the funnel and the sweep deck of the Thames (1953) are in the foreground.