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 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: | PM7858/3 |
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| 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 |