A distant port broadside view of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker Grey Rover (1969) under way off Gibraltar

A distant port broadside view of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker Grey Rover (1969) under way off Gibraltar in early 1980 during exercise Test Gate. Two Ton class coastal minesweepers are astern of her. The photographer is on board the Ton class minesweeper Glasserton (1953).

Object Details

ID: PM8102/3
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Glasserton (1953); Ton class (1952-1959) Grey Rover (1969)
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