On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Upton (1956) 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: PM8097/8
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