A distant port quarter view of the Royal Navy type 12 frigate Leander (1961) at anchor in the Firth of Forth.

A distant port quarter view of the Royal Navy type 12 frigate Leander (1961) at anchor in the Firth of Forth. The VDS well at the stern can be seen. She is the British contribution to the NATO STANAVFORLANT (the Standing Naval Force Atlantic). The photographer is on the port side of the forecastle on board an unidentified Royal Navy Ton class minesweeper, looking to starboard. The barrel of the minesweeper's 40 mm gun is on the right. A slightly unsharp vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: PM7877/26
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Leander (1961); Ton class (1952-1959)
Date made: November 1969
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Frame: 38 mm x 35 mm