On board the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel Orkney (1976) off the Shetlands
On board the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel Orkney (1976) off the Shetlands looking aft from the port side of the bridge showing her gemini dinghy returning to the ship. The Orkney was patrolling the U.K. 200 nautical mile economic exclusion zone in the North Sea and had stopped the Norwegian trawler Knester (1967) for inspection. She is turning to port to create a smooth sea to assist in the recovery of the gemini.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8065/17A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Orkney (1976) |
| Date made: | July 1977 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |
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