The Royal Navy frigate Galatea (1963) under way in the Strait of Gibraltar, heading into Gibraltar Bay
A distant aerial view of the port side of the Royal Navy frigate Galatea (1963), taken from well abaft the beam, while under way in the Strait of Gibraltar, heading into Gibraltar Bay. The photographer is in the Galatea's Westland Wasp HAS.1 helicopter XT443, coded 452, which is flying well abaft the beam at about 100 feet. The ship's pendant number is F18, she has an Ikara anti-submarine missile system on her foredeck and she is leader of the 1st Frigate Squadron.
Object Details
ID: | PM8041/18 |
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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 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |