On board the Royal Navy type 12 frigate Plymouth (1959) when under way in the English Channel
On board the Royal Navy type 12 general purpose frigate Plymouth (1959) while under way in the English Channel. The photographer is looking aft and slightly to port from the helicopter landing pad showing the Limbo mortar barrels trained to port. The ship's Westland Wasp HAS.1 helicopter, coded 503, is in flight approaching from astern.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7895/4 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Plymouth (1959) |
| Date made: | July 1969 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |