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 aft and to port showing the minesweeper Alfriston (1953) under way off the port quarter. The Alfriston (1953) is seen from fine off her starboard bow and her pendant number is M1103. A large cargo ship is on the left and the west facing side of Gibraltar is in the background.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8100/26 |
|---|---|
| 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 |