On board the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel Orkney (1976) in the East Shetlands Basin in the North Sea showing an oil rig under construction.

On board the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel Orkney (1976) in the East Shetlands Basin looking forward and to starboard from the open bridge while patrolling the U.K. 200 nautical mile economic exclusion zone in the North Sea. The ship's 40 mm bofors gun is in the foreground. An oil rig with two platforms is under construction in the distance and an offshore supply vessel is close to it. This is said to be in the Brent Field. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: PM8068/33A
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