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.
A view of the bow of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment tanker Tidesurge (1954) from the flight deck of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) while under way in the Arabian Sea during the CENTO exercise Midlink VI . The tanker is close alongside to carry out a refuelling evolution. Her pendant number is A98. Beyond the tanker is the Royal Navy Type 12 frigate Plymouth (1959), seen from abaft her port beam. Her pendant number is F126 and she is leader of the 29th Escort Squadron.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7684/25 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Tiderange (1954); Plymouth (1959) |
| Date made: | 14-23 November 1963 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |