A Soviet Riga class frigate from 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 on the quarterdeck looking aft showing a distant port bow view of a Soviet Navy Riga class frigate which is one of two that were shadowing the exercise.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7857/18 |
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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 212 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |