On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Glasserton (1953) in Gibraltar Harbour

On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Glasserton (1953) while manoeuvring in Gibraltar Harbour in early 1980 during exercise Test Gate. The photographer is looking aft and to starboard from the centreline abaft the bridge showing the base of the funnel and the Gemini dinghy in its stowed position. Another Ton class, seen from off her port quarter, is under way bound out from the harbour.

Object Details

ID: PM8098/12
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Glasserton (1953); 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