A small cargo vessel at sea seen from on board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Eagle (1946) in the English Channel
A very distant starboard broadside view of a small cargo vessel, possibly a Soviet Navy Mayak class military transport and intelligence gathering ship, under way in the English Channel. The photographer is on board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Eagle (1946) which was undertaking initial operating trials with a pair of McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom jet fighter aircraft.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7889/2 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Date made: | 2-13 June 1969 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 235 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |
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