On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Glasserton (1953) looking at other sweepers off Europa Point, Gibraltar
On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Glasserton (1953) off Europa Point, Gibraltar, in early 1980 during exercise Test Gate. The photographer is looking to port showing another Ton class minesweeper off her port side with two more in the distance on a reciprocal course. Europa Point lighthouse is in the left background.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8100/28 |
|---|---|
| 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 |