A slightly distant bow view of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet replenishment ship Resource (1966) and the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Eagle (1946) at moorings in Plymouth Sound at the end of the NATO exercise Peacekeeper.
A slightly distant bow view of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet replenishment ship Resource (1966) and the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Eagle (1946) at moorings in Plymouth Sound at the end of the NATO exercise Peacekeeper. The photographer is on board a motor launch heading east towards the ships. The carrier is seen from very fine off her port bow and she has a Director class paddle tug alongside her starboard side. The Resource (1966) is seen from off her starboard bow. Staddon Heights and the rifle butts are in the background.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7912/23A |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Eagle (1946); Resource (1966) |
| 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 |