On board the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) in Malaysian waters
On board the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) during the assault phase of exercise Bersatu Padu on the east coast of Malaysia near Penarek, Terengganu. The photographer is on the island superstructure looking aft and slightly to port showing Royal Marines of 40 Commando preparing to embark in two Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopters of 847 or 848 Naval Air Squadron while a third takes off and a fourth is in flight off the port quarter. An unsharp image.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7922/5 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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