The Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment tanker Tidesurge (1954) and the Royal Navy frigate Plymouth (1959) from on board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) under way in the Arabian Sea during CENTO exercise Midlink VI.
The photographer is alongside the island superstructure on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) while under way in the Arabian Sea during the CENTO exercise Midlink VI, refuelling from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment tanker Tidesurge (1954). The photographer is looking to starboard and aft showing the after part of the tanker, from the forward gantry to the stern, steaming close alongside using the centre gantry to carry out the refuelling evolution. The stern of the Royal Navy Type 12 frigate Plymouth (1959) can be seen on the left beyond the Tidesurge (1954). A Royal Navy lieutenant is in the right foreground.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7683/21 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Ark Royal (1950); Tiderange (1954) Plymouth (1959) |
| Date made: | 14-23 November 1963 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 198 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |