On the flight deck of the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) while under way in the Eastern Mediterranean during NATO exercise Deep Furrow.
On board the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) 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 forward showing a line of Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopters of 848 Naval Air Squadron. Royal Marine Commando Land Rovers are parked on the deck abaft the island.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7997/11 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Bulwark (1948) |
| 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 |