A distant port broadside view of the Royal Navy frigate Rothesay (1957) under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.
A distant port broadside view of the Royal Navy type 12 frigate Rothesay (1957) under way 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). The horizon is not level.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7596/7A |
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| 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 |