A close starboard side view of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Eagle (1946) under way in the English Channel during the NATO exercise Peacekeeper.

A close starboard side view of the fore part of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Eagle (1946) under way in the English Channel during the NATO exercise Peacekeeper. Only the area from the bow to the forward end of the island superstructure is in the picture. Her pendant number is R05 and she has Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2 aircraft parked forward. She is steaming in close company with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet replenishment ship Olna (1965) to take on bunkers and the photographer is on board the Olna (1965) looking to port and forward from the upper deck amidships showing the fuel hoses in position.

Object Details

ID: PM7907/28A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Eagle (1946); Olna (1965)
Date made: 24 September 1969
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm