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 side view, taken from well abaft the beam, 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. A Royal Navy Rothesay class frigate is on the horizon. The photographer is on board the Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment ship Black Rover (1973).
Object Details
| ID: | PM8057/25 |
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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 76 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |