On board the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) in the Norwegian Sea off the northern coast of Norway during the NATO exercise Polar Express.
On board the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) under way in the Norwegian Sea off the northern coast of Norway during the NATO exercise Polar Express. The photographer is in the starboard aft 40 mm bofors gun sponson looking aft showing the twin Mark V mounting. Bow-on in the distance is a Soviet Riga class frigate which is shadowing the exercise. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7855/11 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Bulwark (1948); Riga class (1952-1958) |
| Date made: | June 1968 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 125 mm;Frame: 38 mm x 35 mm |