A slightly distant starboard near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Royal Navy type 12 frigate Leander (1961) under way in the Firth of Forth.

A slightly distant starboard near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Royal Navy type 12 frigate Leander (1961) under way in the Firth of Forth. Her pendant number is F109 and she is the British contribution to the NATO STANAVFORLANT (the Standing Naval Force Atlantic). The photographer is on the forecastle on board an unidentified Royal Navy Ton class minesweeper and the barrel of her 40 mm bofors gun is at the top of the picture. A slightly unsharp vertical format negative..

Object Details

ID: PM7879/28
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