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 passing Europa Point during exercise Test Gate. The photographer is on the starboard side of the covered bridge looking aft and slightly to port showing the ship's funnel, starboard derrick and sweep deck. The badge of the 10th Mine Counter Measures Squadron is on the funnel and a divisional leader's band is painted up.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8099/19 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Glasserton (1953) |
| 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 |