Ships of Exercise Riptide III from on board the Royal Navy type 12 frigate Falmouth (1959) which is under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.
On board the Royal Navy type 12 frigate Falmouth (1959) under way in the Atlantic, west of Gibraltar, during the NATO exercise Riptide III. The photographer is looking towards the horizon showing the dim outline of other warships on the skyline. Nothing of the Falmouth is in the photograph.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7600/29A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| 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 |