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 to port and slightly aft showing a Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopter of 847 or 848 Naval Air Squadrons on deck loading a second lift of Royal Marines from 40 Commando. The aircraft is coded A. Two of the Bulwark's crew are in the foreground. A slightly unsharp image.
Object Details
ID: | PM7924/14 |
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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 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |