The helicopter deck of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet replenishment ship Olna (1965) under way in the English Channel during the NATO exercise Peacekeeper.
The helicopter flight deck on board the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet replenishment ship Olna (1965) during a vertrep (vertical replenishment) serial while under way in the English Channel participating in the NATO exercise Peacekeeper. The photographer is looking aft from the hangar showing the Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopter XT484, coded 469/RS, from the fleet replenishment ship Resource (1966) hovering above the deck waiting to lift a cargo net loaded with three oil drums. A vertical format negative.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7907/31A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Olna (1965) |
| Date made: | 24 September 1969 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 38 mm x 35 mm |