On board the Royal Navy commando carrier Hermes (1953) of the northern Norwegian coast during the NATO exercise Atlas Express

On board the Royal Navy commando carrier Hermes (1953) in the Norwegian Sea off the northern Norwegian coast during the NATO exercise Atlas Express which lasted from 18 February to 20 March 1976. The photographer is on the flight deck watching a Westland Wessex HU.5 helicopter of 845 Naval Air Squadron hovering to port of the flight deck. Two men and a Land rover are in the foreground. The image is very slightly unsharp.

Object Details

ID: PM8049/14
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Hermes (1953)
Date made: Early March 1976
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 152 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm