On board the Royal Fleet Auxiliary oiler Cherryleaf (1916) stopped at sea off the Canary Islands. The photographer is on the forecastle looking forward showing the swastika flag at the jack with the Chief Engineer Officer George T Beed RFA standing by it. The Cherryleaf is playing the part of the Bremen registered merchant ship Atto (1922) during the spring 1935 fleet manoeuvres. A vertical format negative. A copy negative of a photographic print.