The Royal Navy frigates Lowestoft (1960) and Berwick (1959) under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.
A slightly distant starboard quarter view of the Royal Navy type 12 frigate Lowestoft (1960) heading towards her sister frigate Berwick (1959) in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar during the NATO exercise Riptide III. Her pendant number is F103 and she is a unit of the 5th Frigate Squadron. The frigate Berwick (1959), seen from off her starboard beam, is the leader of the 5th Frigate Squadron and her pendant number is F115. The photographer is on board the frigate Falmouth (1959) looking forward and to port from the port side of the bridge roof.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7578/18A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Falmouth (1959); Lowestoft (1960) Berwick (1959) |
| Date made: | 10-15 August 1962 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 113 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 37 mm |