NATO amphibious exercise Northern Wedding in the Shetland Islands

A general view of an unidentified loch in the Shetland Islands being used for amphibious landings by a task force of nine United States warships during the NATO exercise Northern Wedding. The photographer is on shore at the head of the loch showing a wheeled utility vehicle driving off the ramp of the beached LCU (Landing Craft Utility) ACU2-9. The vessel is a member of Assault Craft Unit 2.

Object Details

ID: PM8091/31
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: ACU2-9
Date made: September 1978
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 228 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm