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A distant port side view of the Royal Navy guided missile destroyer Kent (1961) from on board the commando carrier Hermes (1953) in Oslo Fjord, Norway at the end of the NATO exercise Swift Move. (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) while the ship is under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar. (Roll film negative)
On board the boom defence vessel Barbain (1940) off Sembawang, Singapore (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) in Malaysian waters (Roll film negative)
A Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopter serial XS151, coded R/B, about to take off from the landing pad at RNAS Nanga Gaat, home of 845 Naval Air Squadron in Sarawak (Roll film negative)
Two Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopters on the landing area at the forward operating base of a detachment of 845 Naval Air Squadron at Nanga Gaat, Sarawak. (Colour transparency)
A port broadside view of the Royal Navy frigate Lynx (1955) from on board the frigate Ursa (1943) under way off San Juan, Puerto Rico, West Indies. (Colour transparency)
Three enlisted men of Naval Party Kilo descending the 400 steps which lead up to Tanjung Po lighthouse, Kuching, Sarawak. (Roll film negative)
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet replenishment ship Resource (1966) in the Norwegian Sea off the northern coast of Norway during the NATO exercise Polar Express. (Roll film negative)
A port side view of the Royal Navy frigate Lynx (1955) from on board the frigate Ursa (1943) under way off San Juan, Puerto Rico, West Indies. (Colour transparency)
On board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Eagle (1946) westbound in the Mediterranean. (Colour transparency)
On board the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) in Malaysian waters (Roll film negative)
A riverbank scene from on board the Royal Navy riverine gunboat Skull (1963) near Kuching, Sarawak (Roll film negative)
An unidentified Royal Naval Reserve lieutenant stepping aboard a Royal Navy Ton class coastal minesweeper while off Gibraltar during exercise Test Gate. (Roll film negative)
The Royal Navy fleet replenishment ship Olwen (1964) from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) during refuelling in the central Mediterranean. (Roll film negative)
The riverine gunboat Skull (1963) lying off the Tanjung Po lighthouse promontory, Kuching, Sarawak (Roll film negative)
On the bridge on board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960), probably at Kiel (Colour transparency)
The Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) replenishing stores from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Resurgent (1950) while under way in the Eastern Mediterranean during NATO exercise Deep Furrow. (Roll film negative)
The countryside and a metalled road near Penarek, Trengganu, Malaysia, during exercise Bersatu Padu (Roll film negative)
On board the boom defence vessel Barbain (1940) working off Sembawang, Singapore (Roll film negative)
The boom defence vessel Barbain (1940) working off Sembawang, Singapore (Roll film negative)
A view of a narrow street in Bergen , Norway (Roll film negative)
A McDonnell Douglas F4K phantom aircraft of 892 Naval air Squadron in flight over the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) during flying operations in the central Mediterranean. (Roll film negative)
On board the boom defence vessel Barbain (1940) off Sembawang, Singapore (Roll film negative)
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