A Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopter in flight above the Royal Navy commando carrier Hermes(1953) which is at anchor off Southern Sardinia during NATO exercise Dawn Patrol 74
On board the Royal Navy commando carrier Hermes (1953) while she is at anchor off Cape Teulada, Southern Sardinia during the NATO exercise Dawn Patrol 74 which involved over sixty ships from the U.S.A., U.K., Italy, Turkey and Greece. The photographer is looking up at the underside of a Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopter which is hovering above the ship. The helicopter is coded M and is affected by bad image movement..
Object Details
| ID: | PM8021/12 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Date made: | Early May 1974 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |