The Royal Navy guided missile destroyer Hampshire (1961) at anchor off Southern Sardinia during NATO exercise Dawn Patrol 74

A distant starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the Royal Navy guided missile destroyer Hampshire (1961) at anchor off Cape Teulada, Southern Sardinia during the NATO exercise Dawn Patrol 74 which involved over sixty ships from the U.S.A., U.K., Italy, Turkey and Greece. She is dimly seen against the land and in flight near her is a Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopter. The photographer is on board the commando carrier Hermes (1953).

Object Details

ID: PM8021/16
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Hampshire (1961)
Date made: Early May 1974
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm