A slightly distant port side view of the New Zealand frigate Otago (1958) under way in Malaysian waters
A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the New Zealand frigate Otago (1958) during a patrol in Malaysian waters. Her pendant number is F111, she is temporarily attached to the 24th Escort Squadron and has a single 40 mm Mk 3 Bofors gun mounted on deck abaft her motor boat. The photographer is on board the Royal Navy frigate Brighton (1959) on the starboard side of the upper deck looking aft as she makes a turn to port.
Object Details
| ID: | PCT19517 |
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| Type: | Colour transparency |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Events: | Indonesian and Malaysian confrontation, 1963-1966 |
| Vessels: | Otago (1958); Brighton (1959) |
| Date made: | October 1964 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm;Transparency: 35 mm x 38 mm |