On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Glasserton (1953) looking at other sweepers off Gibraltar
On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Glasserton (1953) off Gibraltar in early 1980 during exercise Test Gate. The photographer is looking aft from the starboard side of the sweep deck showing stowed Oropesa floats, dividers and kite otter multiplanes. Three other Ton class minesweepers are following in line.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8102/2 |
|---|---|
| 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 |