Part of the Reserve Fleet of the Royal Navy laid up in Fareham Creek, Portsmouth harbour, Hampshire.

A general view of part of the Reserve Fleet of the Royal Navy laid up in Fareham Creek, Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire. The photographer is on the shore at Gosport looking up the harbour showing the fleet repair ship Ausonia (1921) on the right with the navigation training destroyer Carron (1944) alongside her. On the left is the light cruiser Bermuda (1941) with her sister Gambia (1940) alongside her. The stern of the destroyer Solebay (1944) is on the extreme left.

Object Details

ID: PCT19341
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Ausonia (1921); Carron (1944) Bermuda (1941) Gambia (1940) Solebay (1944)
Date made: September 1964 to April 1965
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm