The passenger liner Queen Elizabeth 2 (1969) passing the lines of warships anchored at Spithead for the Nato 20th Anniversary Review.

A distant starboard bow view of the passenger liner Queen Elizabeth 2 (1969) passing the lines of warships anchored at Spithead for the Nato 20th Anniversary Review. She is proceeding eastwards bound out from Southampton. The photographer is on board the Royal Navy Type 15 frigate Wakeful (1943) and he is looking north-west from the eastern end of the review lines. The United States Navy aircraft carrier Wasp (1943), the Trinity House Vessel Patricia (1938) and the Royal Yacht Britannia (1953) are on the right, all dressed overall.

Object Details

ID: PCT19461
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Events: Nato 20th Anniversary Review At Spithead, 1969
Vessels: Patricia (1938); Britannia (1953) Queen Elizabeth 2 (1969) Wasp (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