A port broadside view of the Royal Navy guided missile destroyer Coventry (1974) under way at sea with Leander class frigates.
A port broadside view of the Royal Navy guided missile destroyer Coventry (1974) under way with two unidentified Leander class frigates steaming abreast of her. Her pendant number is D118 and she is wearing a half leader's band on her funnel. The Leander class frigate on her starboard side is the Squadron's leader. The date of the image is said to be 1979 but the ship carrying the photographer is not identified, nor is the location or the event.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19499 |
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| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Coventry (1974) |
| Date made: | 1979 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm |