The Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment ship Tideflow (1954) under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.
A close starboard side view of the stern, taken from well ahead of the beam, 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 Tideflow (1954) is refuelling the photographer's ship, the Royal Navy frigate Falmouth (1959). Another Royal Navy frigate is being refuelled by the astern method. The horizon is not level and a bad light flare is across the negative.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7585/3A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Tiderace (1954) |
| 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 |