A bow view of the Royal Navy frigate Berwick (1959) under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.

A slightly distant starboard bow view, taken from very fine off the starboard bow, of the Royal Navy type 12 frigate Berwick (1959) under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar during the NATO exercise Riptide III. Her pendant number is F115 and she is the leader of the 5th Frigate Squadron. She is rising in the swell and her forefoot is almost out of the water. She is following the photographer who is on board the frigate Falmouth (1959).

Object Details

ID: PM7580/27A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Berwick (1959)
Date made: 10-15 August 1962
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 193 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm