The United States Navy oiler Neosho (1953) and the Canadian Navy aircraft carrier Bonaventure (1945) in the English Channel during the NATO exercise Peacekeeper.
A close starboard beam view of the United States Navy fleet oiler Neosho (1953) and the Canadian Navy aircraft carrier Bonaventure (1945) under way in the English Channel off the Devon coast during NATO exercise Peacekeeper. The photographer is on board the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet replenishment ship Olna (1965) looking to port showing the forward superstructure and forward refuelling point of the Neosho (1953) and beyond her is the island superstructure of the Bonaventure (1945). The Bonaventure (1945) is taking on bunkers from the forward RAS mast on the Neosho (1953).
Object Details
| ID: | PM7901/0A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Neosho (1953); Bonaventure (1945) |
| Date made: | 24 September 1969 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |