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.
A distant starboard side view, taken from well abaft the beam, of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet replenishment ship Tidereach (1954) under way in the East Shetlands Basin, North Sea. Her pendant number is A96. The photographer is on board the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel Orkney (1976) looking aft and to starboard from the liferaft stowage platform as she turns away at the end of a refuelling serial. The Orkney is patrolling the U.K. 200 nautical mile economic exclusion zone in the North Sea.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8070/8 |
|---|---|
| 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 |