The Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker Tidereach (1954) from on board the Royal Navy frigate Galatea (1963) en route U.K. to Gibraltar
A distant port quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker Tidereach (1954) under way after a replenishment at sea serial with the Royal Navy frigate Galatea (1963) while en route from the U.K. to Gibraltar. She is pulling ahead of the frigate and her pendant number is A96. The photographer is on board the Galatea looking forward and to starboard from just abaft the 40mm Bofors gun position at 02 deck level.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8040/14 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Galatea (1963); Tidereach (1954) |
| Date made: | September 1975 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |