The Royal Navy type 41 frigate Lynx (1955) from 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 bridge on 01 deck looking forward and slightly to port showing the Royal Navy type 41 frigate Lynx (1955) of the 7th Frigate Squadron (South Atlantic) crossing ahead of the Tartar (1960). She is seen from off her port quarter and her pendant number is F27

Object Details

ID: PM7828/27A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Tartar (1960); Lynx (1955)
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