On board the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet replenishment ship Olna (1965) under way in the English Channel during the NATO exercise Peacekeeper.
The photographer is on the starboard side of the helicopter flight deck of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet replenishment ship Olna (1965) during a vertrep (vertical replenishment) while under way in the English Channel participating in the NATO exercise Peacekeeper. He is looking aft from near the hangar showing the Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopter XT484, coded 469/RS, from the Resource (1966) on deck to pick up five men and their baggage.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7908/35A |
|---|---|
| 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 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |