On board the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Glasserton (1953) while refuelling from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker Grey Rover (1969) under way off Gibraltar
On board the Royal Navy Ton class coastal minesweeper Glasserton (1953) looking down and aft from the port bridge wing while she is refuelling from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker Grey Rover (1969) under way off Gibraltar in early 1980 during exercise Test Gate. Three men wearing wet weather gear, hard hats and life jackets are by the port guard rail of the Glasserton watching the fuel hose. Only the stern of the Grey Rover (1969) is in the picture and her pendant number is A269. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8103/9 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Glasserton (1953); Grey Rover (1969) |
| Date made: | Early 1980 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 38 mm x 35 mm |