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 slightly distant port side view of the Royal Navy Type 12 frigate Plymouth (1959), seen from well abaft her port beam. Her pendant number is F126 and she is leader of the 29th Escort Squadron. The photographer is on 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 .

Object Details

ID: PM7685/28
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Plymouth (1959)
Date made: 14-23 November 1963
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 227 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 37 mm