A person being transferred from the Royal Navy County class guided missile destroyer Hampshire (1961) to another ship during exercise Seaforth in the North Sea
A close view of a naval rating being transferred by jackstay from the County class guided missile destroyer Hampshire (1961) to another ship during the Western Fleet exercise Seaforth in the North Sea. Some civilians are watching proceedings from the deck of the Hampshire while members of the crew pay out the line. The pendant number of the Hampshire is D06. The identity of the photographer's ship is not known but it may be one of the frigates Danae (1965) or Juno (1965).
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19402 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Events: | Western Fleet exercise Seaforth in the North Sea, 1968 |
| Vessels: | Hampshire (1961) |
| Date made: | 9 - 31 July 1968 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm |