The Royal Fleet Auxiliary armament support ship Retainer (1950) from on board the RFA replenishment ship Black Rover (1973) in the North Atlantic during the NATO exercise Ocean Safari.
A distant port quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary armament support ship Retainer (1950) under way in the North Atlantic during the NATO exercise Ocean Safari. Her pendant number is A329. Two Royal Navy frigates are on the horizon. The photographer is on board the Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment ship Black Rover (1973).
Object Details
| ID: | PM8056/24 |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Black Rover (1973); Chungking (1950) |
| Date made: | 14 October 1977 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |