On board the Royal Navy general purpose frigate Ashanti (1959) while under way bound out from Aden.
On board the Royal Navy general purpose frigate Ashanti (1959) while under way bound out from Aden, which is in the background. The photographer is on the aft end of the port bridge wing on 01 deck looking aft showing the port 40 mm bofors gun trained forward. The White Ensign is at half mast on the ensign staff.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19323 |
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| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Ashanti (1959) |
| Date made: | October-November 1963 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm |