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 looking along the foreshore showing the bows of the beached LCUs (Landing Craft Utility) LCU 1658 (1971), LCU 1662 (1971), ACU2-9 and ACU2-3. The latter two vessels are members of the Assault Craft Unit 2.
Object Details
ID: | PM8091/35 |
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Type: | Roll film negative |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
Vessels: | ACU2-3; ACU2-9 LCU 1662 (1971) LCU 1658 (1971) |
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 |
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