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 up from the starboard side of the superstructure showing the Sikorsky SH-2F Seasprite helicopter serial 7980, coded 38, from the United States Navy frigate Joseph Hewes (1970) (FF-1078) in flight leaving the Black Rover's helicopter landing platform on completion of a refuelling serial.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8054/10 |
|---|---|
| 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 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |