On board the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel Orkney (1976) off the Shetlands showing the Norwegian trawler Knester (1967) astern.

On board the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel Orkney (1976) off the Shetlands looking aft from the port side of the bridge while patrolling the U.K. 200 nautical mile economic exclusion zone in the North Sea. The Norwegian trawler Knester (1967), seen from off her starboard beam, is in the distance astern. Her port registration is H 11 AV showing she is from Austevoll in Hordaland County. A Netherlands Air Force Lockheed Neptune P2V-7B maritime reconnaissance aircraft of 320 Squadron is overflying the trawler.

Object Details

ID: PM8066/20A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Orkney (1976); Knester (1967)
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