A Soviet Nay Riga class frigate from 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.
A slightly distant starboard broadside view of a Soviet Navy Riga class frigate under way in the Norwegian Sea off the northern coast of Norway during the NATO exercise Polar Express. The photographer is on the quarterdeck of the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) looking aft and to port at the frigate which is one of two of these vessels that were used to shadow the exercise. A slightly unsharp image.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7861/10 |
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| 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 114 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |