A distant view of a Soviet Navy Okhtenskiy class salvage tug from on board the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel Orkney (1976) in the East Shetlands Basin in the North Sea.

A distant port broadside view of a Soviet Navy Okhtenskiy class salvage tug in the East Shetlands Basin, North Sea. The photographer is on board the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel Orkney (1976) patrolling the U.K. 200 nautical mile economic exclusion zone in the North Sea.

Object Details

ID: PM8071/11
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Orkney (1976); Okhtenskiy class
Date made: July 1977
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm