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 port showing the minesweeper Crofton (1958) and a Clovelly class fleet tender under way on a reciprocal course. The Crofton (1958) is seen from off her port beam and her pendant number is M1216. The west facing side of Gibraltar is in the background.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8100/27 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Glasserton (1953); Crofton (1958) |
| 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 |