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 to port from the hangar showing the Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopter XT484, coded 469/RS, from the fleet replenishment ship Resource (1966) in flight with an underslung load of three oil drums in a cargo net. Two men on the flight deck are rolling oil drums aft for the next load while two controllers are watching the helicopter movements. In the background is the stern of the aircraft carrier Eagle (1946) and another Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopter. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: PM7907/32A
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: 38 mm x 35 mm