The Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment ship Tideflow (1954) and the frigate Falmouth (1959) under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.
A close starboard side view of the stern of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet replenishment ship Tideflow (1954) under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar during the NATO exercise Riptide III. The photographer is on board the Royal Navy type 12 frigate Falmouth (1959) on the port bridge wing looking aft and to port at the aft end of the Tideflow as she prepares for alongside refuelling. The Tideflow is also refuelling another Royal Navy frigate by the astern method.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7583/35A |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Falmouth (1959); Tiderace (1954) |
| Date made: | 10-15 August 1962 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |