On board the Royal Navy Type 81 frigate Tartar (1960) off Barbados in the West Indies.
On board the Royal Navy Type 81 general purpose frigate Tartar (1960) while at sea off Barbados during exercises involving the 7th and 8th Frigate Squadrons. The Tartar is a unit of the 8th Frigate Squadron (West Indies). The photographer is on the starboard side of the helicopter landing platform at 01 deck level looking aft showing the aft 4.5 inch gun mounting trained to port with the gun crew at action stations. One of her saluting guns is mounted at the starboard deck edge.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7823/7A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Tartar (1960) |
| Date made: | May - June 1966 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 76 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |