HMS Glasgow, a Royal Navy Type 42 Destroyer, tied up alongside a wharf. HMS Glasgow was preparing ...

Accession Number P03654.037
Collection type Photograph
Object type Transparency
Maker Adler, Fred
Place made Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin
Date made September 1999
Conflict East Timor, 1999-2013
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Description

HMS Glasgow, a Royal Navy Type 42 Destroyer, tied up alongside a wharf. HMS Glasgow was preparing to depart for East Timor as part of the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET). A small crowd of civilians is gathered on the wharf and watching proceedings as the ships starboard side is illuminated by the setting sun.

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