A distant port side view of the Royal Navy frigate Rothesay (1957) under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.

A distant port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the Royal Navy type 12 frigate Rothesay (1957) turning at speed in the Atlantic, west of Gibraltar, during the NATO exercise Riptide III. The Rothesay is leader of the 6 Frigate Squadron and her pendant number is F107. The photographer is on board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Centaur (1947).

Object Details

ID: PM7595/4A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Rothesay (1957)
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