On board the Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment ship Black Rover (1973) in the North Atlantic during the NATO exercise Ocean Safari.
On board the Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment ship Black Rover (1973) while under way in the North Atlantic during the NATO exercise Ocean Safari. The photographer is looking aft and to starboard from the port side of the helicopter landing platform showing a Sikorsky SH-2F Seasprite helicopter serial 7980 and coded 38 from the United States Navy frigate Joseph Hewes (1970) (FF-1078). The helicopter is tied down but the rotors are turning. A man is walking past the nose of the helicopter.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8053/6 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Black Rover (1973) |
| Date made: | 14 October 1977 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 114 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |