The Royal Navy frigate Galatea (1963) under way in the Strait of Gibraltar while en route U.K. to Gibraltar

A close aerial view of the starboard side of the forepart of the Royal Navy frigate Galatea (1963) while in the Strait of Gibraltar en route from the U.K. to Gibraltar. The photographer is in the Galatea's Westland Wasp HAS.1 helicopter XT443, coded 452, which is flying alongside the ship abreast the funnel, and he is looking forward and to port. The ship's pendant number is F18, she has an Ikara anti-submarine missile system on her foredeck and a single 40 mm Bofors guns abreast her foremast. Her bow, the top of her foremast and everything abaft her foremast are out of the picture.

Object Details

ID: PM8040/16
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