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 to port and forward from the centreline of the forecastle deck just ahead of the funnel while she is refuelling from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker Grey Rover (1969) under way off Gibraltar in early 1980 during exercise Test Gate. The port derrick post of the Glasserton is on the left and three men wearing wet weather gear, hard hats and life jackets are by the port guard rail. Only the bow of the Grey Rover (1969) is in the picture.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8103/10 |
|---|---|
| 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: 35 mm x 38 mm |