The Royal Fleet Auxiliary store ship Tarbatness (1967) at Singapore, from on board the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948).

A slightly distant port near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary store ship Tarbatness (1967) at anchor in the Johore Strait, Singapore, from on board the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) which is bound out from Singapore for exercise Bersatu Padu in Malaysian waters. The pendant number of the store ship is A345. The photographer is on the island superstructure of the carrier looking aft and slightly to port. In the background are the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet replenishment ship Tidespring (1962) and the Australian Navy aircraft carrier Melbourne (1945).

Object Details

ID: PM7917/16A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Bulwark (1948); Tidespring (1962) Tarbatness (1967)
Date made: June 1970
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm