On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Glasserton (1953) in Gibraltar Bay
On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Glasserton (1953) in Gibraltar Bay in early 1980 bound out from the harbour during exercise Test Gate. The photographer is looking aft from the port side of the forecastle deck showing the port derrick. Another Ton class sweeper is following her out of the harbour.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8098/14 |
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| 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 |