On board the Royal Navy frigate Galatea (1963) in the Strait of Gibraltar while en route U.K. to Gibraltar

On board the Royal Navy frigate Galatea (1963) while in the Strait of Gibraltar en route from the U.K. to Gibraltar. The photographer is on the quarterdeck (1 deck level) right aft looking forward showing the Westland Wasp HAS.1 helicopter XT443, coded 452, on the landing pad. Both of the quadruple Seacat missile launchers on the hangar roof have one missile loaded. Some of the men on deck are off duty and are wearing civilian clothes, including one man wearing a "Keep on trucking" T-shirt.

Object Details

ID: PM8040/15
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Galatea (1963)
Date made: September 1975
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm
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