The Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) replenishing stores from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Resurgent (1950) while under way in the Eastern Mediterranean during NATO exercise Deep Furrow.
On board the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) during a replenishment at sea with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Resurgent (1950) while under way at sea in the Eastern Mediterranean during NATO Exercise Deep Furrow, an amphibious landing in north-west Turkey involving forces from the United States of America, United Kingdom, Italy, Greece and Turkey. The photographer is on the starboard aft end of the flight deck looking to starboard and forward with the Bulwark's bofors gun sponson in the foreground. The Resurgent, pendant A280, is close alongside, seen from off her port quarter, and a pallet of stores is being transferred by jackstay.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7997/9 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Bulwark (1948); Changchow (1951) |
| Date made: | 21-30 September 1973 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |