Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopter XS522 (VJ/B) loading on the flight deck of the Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) 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 island superstructure looking to port and slightly aft showing the Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopter XS522 (VJ/B) of 848 Naval Air Squadron on spot 5 with a number of Royal Marine commandos climbing aboard it.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7999/22 |
|---|---|
| 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 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |