A distant port broadside view of the Royal Navy Ton class coastal minesweeper Soberton (1956) under way off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth.

A distant port broadside view of the Royal Navy Ton class minesweeper Soberton (1956) of the Fishery Protection Squadron under way during exercise Sally Forth in the North Sea off the Firth of Forth. Her pendant number is M1200. The photographer is on board the guided missile destroyer Bristol (1969).

Object Details

ID: PM8003/8
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Bristol (1969); Soberton (1956)
Date made: 24 July 1973
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm