A port very near broadside view of the Royal Navy Ton class coastal minesweeper Kedleston (1953) stopped off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth.

A port very near broadside view of the Royal Navy Ton class minesweeper Kedleston (1953) of the Fishery Protection Squadron stopped during exercise Sally Forth in the North Sea off the Firth of Forth. Her pendant number is M1153 and she has the Fishery Protection Squadron pennant logo on her funnel. She has been converted to a minehunter and is launching her Gemini boat with a mine clearance diver aboard. The photographer is on board the guided missile destroyer Bristol (1969).

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ID:	PM8003/11
Type:	Roll film negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels:	Bristol (1969); Kedleston (1953)
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

A port very near broadside view of the Royal Navy Ton class coastal minesweeper Kedleston (1953) stopped off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth.

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