A starboard quarter view of the Royal Navy destroyer Aisne (1945) and the RFA replenishment ship Tideflow (1954) under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.
A starboard quarter view of the Royal Navy fleet radar picket destroyer Aisne (1945) preparing to refuel from the port side of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment ship Tideflow (1954) under way in the Atlantic, west of Gibraltar, during the NATO exercise Riptide III. The pendant number of the Aisne (1945) is D22. The fore part of the Tideflow (1954) is out of the picture and she also has her hoses ready for a starboard side refuelling. The photographer is on board the frigate Falmouth (1959).
Object Details
| ID: | PM7591/18A |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Aisne (1945); 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 |