A starboard near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the fore part of the Soviet Navy aircraft carrier Minsk (1975) under way at sea. Her pendant number is 042 and everything aft of her island superstructure is out of the picture. The photographer is on board an unidentified British warship. This is said to be in the Mediterranean during the carrier's voyage from the Black Sea to the Pacific. The horizon is not quite level.