On board the Royal Navy commando carrier Hermes(1953) 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 on the port quarter Seacat missile launcher sponson looking forward showing the MRS director on the right. A Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopter is in flight off the side of the ship and is affected by bad image movement..
Object Details
ID: | PM8021/13 |
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Type: | Roll film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
Vessels: | Hermes (1953) |
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 |