The Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker Tidesurge (1954) from on board the Royal Navy general purpose frigate Ashanti (1959) while under way in the Indian Ocean.
On board the Royal Navy general purpose frigate Ashanti (1959) while under way in the Indian Ocean. The photographer is on the port bridge wing on 01 deck looking forward as she approaches the starboard quarter of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker Tidesurge (1954). They are about to carry out a replenishment at sea evolution and the hose derrick is already swung out on the Tidesurge (1954). The pendant number of the Tidesurge is A98.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19324 |
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| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Tiderange (1954); Ashanti (1959) |
| Date made: | October-November 1963 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm |