On board the Royal Navy Type 15 frigate Ursa (1943) under way off Barbados with the type 41 frigate Lynx (1955).

On board the Royal Navy type 15 frigate Ursa (1943) of the 8th Frigate Squadron (West Indies) while under way in the waters off Barbados during an exercise involving both the 7th and 8th Frigate Squadrons. The photographer is on the port side of 01 deck at 47 station looking forward and to port while overhauling the Royal Navy Type 41 frigate Lynx (1955) of the 7th Frigate Squadron (South Atlantic). The Lynx (1955) is seen from off her starboard quarter and her pendant number is F27. Three of the Ursa's crew are in the foreground.

Object Details

ID: PM7845/27
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Ursa (1943); Lynx (1955)
Date made: May - June 1966
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm