The Royal Navy frigate Lowestoft (1960) under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.

A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Royal Navy type 12 frigate Lowestoft (1960) under way at speed 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 photographer is on board the frigate Falmouth (1959) looking forward and slightly to starboard from the starboard side of the bridge roof.

Object Details

ID: PM7579/19A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Falmouth (1959); Lowestoft (1960)
Date made: 10-15 August 1962
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm