A port near broadside view of the Royal Navy frigate Dido (1961) anchored in Line C at Spithead for the Nato 20th Anniversary Review.

A port near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Ropyal Navy frigate Dido (1961) anchored in Line C at Spithead for the Nato 20th Anniversary Review. She is dressed overall, her pendant number is F104 and her bow and stern are out of the picture. The photographer is on board the Royal Navy Type 15 frigate Wakeful (1943) and one of her three-barrelled Squid mortars fills the foreground.

Object Details

ID: PCT19453
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Events: Nato 20th Anniversary Review At Spithead, 1969
Vessels: Dido (1961); Wakeful (1943)
Date made: 16 May 1969
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm