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 and she is dressed overall. Beyond her is the Italian guided missile cruiser Andrea Doria (1963), also dressed overall and on the right are the bows of the Royal Navy guided missile destroyer Glamorgan (1964) and the United States aircraft carrier Wasp (1943). The photographer is on board the Royal Navy Type 15 frigate Wakeful (1943).
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19476 |
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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 |