A person being transferred from the Royal Navy County class guided missile destroyer Hampshire (1961) to another ship during exercise Seaforth in the North Sea

A close view of a civilian being transferred by jackstay from the County class guided missile destroyer Hampshire (1961) to another ship during the Western Fleet exercise Seaforth in the North Sea. Other civilians are waiting their turn on the deck of the Hampshire while members of the crew pay out the line. The pendant number of the Hampshire is D06. The identity of the photographer's ship is not known but it may be one of the frigates Danae (1965) or Juno (1965).

Object Details

ID: PCT19401
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Events: Western Fleet exercise Seaforth in the North Sea, 1968
Vessels: Hampshire (1961)
Date made: 9 - 31 July 1968
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm
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