The Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet replenishment ship Tidereach (1954) from on board the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel Orkney (1976) in the East Shetlands Basin in the North Sea.
On board the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel Orkney (1976) in the East Shetlands Basin looking aft and slightly to starboard from the liferaft stowage platform as she turns away from the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet replenishment ship Tidereach (1954) at the end of a refuelling serial. The Orkney is patrolling the U.K. 200 nautical mile economic exclusion zone in the North Sea. The Tidereach (1954) is seen from just abaft her starboard beam and her pendant number is A96.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8070/5A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Orkney (1976); Tidereach (1954) |
| Date made: | July 1977 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 199 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |