A Soviet Riga class frigate under way in the Norwegian Sea off the northern coast of Norway shadowing the NATO exercise Polar Express.

A slightly distant port very near broadside view of a Soviet Navy Riga class frigate under way in the Norwegian Sea off the northern coast of Norway shadowing the NATO exercise Polar Express. Two of these vessels shadowed the exercise. The photographer is on board the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948).

Object Details

ID: PM7858/0
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Riga class (1952-1958)
Date made: June 1968
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 158 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm