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 during exercise Test Gate. The photographer is looking to starboard and slightly aft showing the minesweeper Alfriston (1953) under way to starboard. The Alfriston (1953) is seen from ahead of her port beam and her pendant number is M1103. The south-west facing side of Gibraltar is in the background.

Object Details

ID: PM8099/23
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Glasserton (1953); Alfriston (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