On board the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) at sea in Malaysian waters
On board the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) under way during exercise Bersatu Padu in Malaysian waters. The photographer is on the starboard side of the flight deck just forward of the island looking forward and down showing the starboard forward twin 40 mm bofors gun mount in action during a practice shoot. Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopters of either 847 or 848 Naval Air Suadrons are parked forward and the nearest aircraft is coded F.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7920/29A |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Bulwark (1948) |
| Date made: | June 1970 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |