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

A distant port near broadside view of a Soviet Navy Riga class frigate, possibly numbered 764, under way in the Norwegian Sea off the northern coast of Norway shadowing the NATO exercise Polar Express. She is one of two of these vessels that were used to shadow the exercise. The photographer is on board the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) looking aft and to starboard from the island. In the right foreground are the barrels of her starboard aft twin Mark V 40 mm bofors gun mounting.

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ID:	PM7859/4
Type:	Roll film negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels:	Riga class (1952-1958); Bulwark (1948)
Date made:	June 1968
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements:	Film length: 35 mm x 146 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm

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

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