A Westland Whirlwind helicopter hovering above the Royal Navy frigate Falmouth (1959) while under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.
On board the Royal Navy frigate Falmouth (1959) looking aft from just ahead of the Limbo mortar well on the starboard side showing the Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 helicopter XN360 (986/H) hovering above the stern lowering a man to the quarterdeck while the ship is under way in the Atlantic, west of Gibraltar, during the NATO exercise Riptide III. Members of the crew are about to unclip the visitor from the hoist. The helicopter has the number 8 on the nose and is a unit of the SAR Flight from the aircraft carrier Hermes (1953).
Object Details
| ID: | PM7589/10A |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Falmouth (1959) |
| Date made: | 10-15 August 1962 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 75 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |