A slightly distant starboard broadside view of the Royal Navy frigate Brighton (1959) under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.

A slightly distant starboard broadside view of the Royal Navy type 12 frigate Brighton (1959) under way at speed in the Atlantic, west of Gibraltar, during the NATO exercise Riptide III. The Brighton is a unit of the 6 Frigate Squadron and her pendant number is F106. A Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 helicopter of 824 Squadron is in flight on the left. The photographer is on board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) looking across the flight deck from starboard to port.

Object Details

ID: PM7596/10A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Brighton (1959); Centaur (1947)
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