A starboard near broadside view of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Hermes (1953) in the English Channel
A starboard near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Hermes (1953) under way in the English Channel off Berry Head. Her pendant number is R12 and she has two Westland Wessex helicopters on the forward end of her flight deck. The photographer is on board the Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker Olna (1965) looking to port from the port side of the bridge.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19422 |
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| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Hermes (1953) |
| Date made: | 22 September 1969 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm |