A distant port side view of the Australian Navy aircraft carrier Melbourne (1945) anchored in line G for the Silver Jubilee Review of the Fleet at Spithead.
A distant port side view, taken from abaft the beam, of the Australian Navy aircraft carrier Melbourne (1945) anchored in line G for the Queen's Silver Jubilee Review of the Fleet at Spithead. Her pendant number is 21, she is dressed overall and her crew are manning the sides. The next ship in line G is the Indian frigate Udaygiri (1974) and beyond the Melbourne in line H is the federal german destroyer Hamburg (1960). The photographer is on board the Royal Fleet Auxiliary helicopter support ship Engadine (1966).
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19480 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Events: | Silver Jubilee Review At Spithead, 1977 |
| Vessels: | Engadine (1966); Melbourne (1945) Udaygiri (1974) |
| Date made: | 28 June 1977 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm |