Gun firing drill 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 quarterdeck just abaft the helicopter hangar looking aft showing the breech of the 4.5 inch gun mount trained to port. The gun's crew are at action stations and some shells are standing upright on the deck.

Object Details

ID: PM7826/17
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 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm