A close port side view of the forepart of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker Tidereach (1954) under way during a replenishment at sea serial with the Royal Navy frigate Galatea (1963) while en route from the U.K. to Gibraltar. The photographer is on board the Galatea looking to starboard and forward from the 40mm Bofors gun position at 02 deck level showing the refuelling hose from the tanker's centre gantry. Everything aft of amidships of the Tidereach is out of the picture. The single 40 mm Bofors gun of the Galatea is in the foreground.