An LCM(9) seen from on board the Royal Navy assault ship Fearless (1963) in the Norwegian Sea during the NATO exercise Strong Express
On board the Royal Navy assault ship Fearless (1963) in the Norwegian Sea during the NATO exercise Strong Express. The photographer is looking forward and to starboard from the starboard side of 2 deck at the end of the dock showing an LCM(9) landing craft under way loaded with Royal Marines and vehicles heading for the shore. She is distant and is seen from just abaft her starboard beam. The Royal Navy County class guided missile destroyer Fife (1964) is at anchor in the background.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7981/14 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Fearless (1963); Fife (1964) |
| Date made: | 14 to 28 September 1972 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |