On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Upton (1953) in Gibraltar Bay
On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Upton (1956) while under way in Gibraltar Bay in early 1980 during exercise Test Gate. The photographer is looking forward from the bridge showing an officer standing by the jackstaff with the Union flag hoisted. A Ton class vessel is directly ahead and they are heading for the entrance to the harbour between the Detached Mole and the South Mole.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8097/6 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Upton (1956); Ton class (1952-1959) |
| Date made: | Early 1980 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |