A starboard broadside view of the after part of the Soviet Navy aircraft carrier Minsk (1975) under way in the Mediterranean.
A starboard broadside view of the after part of the Soviet Navy aircraft carrier Minsk (1975) under way at sea. Only her hull and flight deck and the aft part of her island superstructure are in the picture. A Yakolev Yak 36 VTOL jet aircraft and a Kamov Ka-25 Hormone helicopter are on the flight deck. 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.
Object Details
ID: | PCT19511 |
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Type: | Colour transparency |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
Vessels: | Minsk (1975) |
Date made: | 1979 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm |