A port side view of the U.S. Navy attack cargo ship Capricornus (1943) under way in the Mediterranean during the 6th Fleet exercise Steel Link 1.
A slightly distant port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the United States Navy attack cargo ship Capricornus (1943) under way in the Mediterranean during the 6th Fleet exercise Steel Link 1. Her hull number is AKA 57 and she is turning sharply to starboard to cross the wake of the U.S. Navy attack transport Monrovia (1942). The photographer is on board the Monrovia (1942) to port of the funnel looking aft showing her port side LCAs in their davits.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7707/8 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Capricornus (1943); Monrovia (1942) |
| Date made: | 14 August 1964 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |