A starboard side view of the Royal Navy light cruiser Blake (1945) anchored at Spithead for the Nato 20th Anniversary Review.
A starboard side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the Royal Navy light cruiser Blake (1945) anchored in line C at Spithead for the Nato 20th Anniversary Review. Her pendant number is C99, she is dressed overall and her bow is out of the picture. Beyond her is the Italian guided missile cruiser Andrea Doria (1963), also dressed overall. Both vessels are almost in silhouette. The photographer is on board the Royal Navy Type 15 frigate Wakeful (1943).
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19474 |
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| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Events: | Nato 20th Anniversary Review At Spithead, 1969 |
| Vessels: | Blake (1945); Andrea Doria (1963) |
| 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 |