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A slightly distant starboard side view of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet replenishment ship Olna (1965) at anchor in Cawsand Bay at the end of the NATO exercise Peacekeeper. (Roll film negative)
The Kaman UH-2A Seasprite helicopter 149015 of HU-2 from the United States Navy aircraft carrier Saratoga (1955) hovering above the U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) in mid Atlantic. (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy coastal minehunter Bossington (1955) near Port Said in the Suez Canal, Egypt (Roll film negative)
The Soviet Russian destroyer Boykiy (1960) from on board the Royal Navy commando carrier Hermes (1953) in the North Sea off the coast of Norway during the NATO exercise Swift Move. (Roll film negative)
Old Portsmouth and the harbour entrance taken from on board a ship inside Portsmouth Harbour, bound out. (Roll film negative)
A view of a narrow street in Bergen , Norway (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy assault ship Fearless (1963) in the Norwegian Sea during the NATO exercise Strong Express (Roll film negative)
A distant port bow view of the Indian Navy light cruiser Delhi (1932) and the fleet tug Gaj (1972) in Bombay dockyard. (Roll film negative)
The Royal Navy frigate Cleopatra (1964) during exercise Seaforth in the North Sea (Colour transparency)
On board The Royal Naval Reserve coastal minesweeper Mersey (1957) during the NATO exercise Northern Merger in the North Sea off the Danish coast (Roll film negative)
In the fish and vegetable market at Fisketorget, Vagen, Bergen, Norway (Roll film negative)
An head and shoulders portrait of Desmond Wettern sitting at his desk. (Roll film negative)
A slightly distant bow view of a local junk under sail in Hong Kong coastal waters (Roll film negative)
In the machinery control room on board a Royal Navy Tribal class Type 81 general purpose frigate. (Roll film negative)
The aft end of the flight deck of the Netherlands Navy aircraft carrier Karel Doorman (1943) while in the North Sea off the Norwegian coast (Roll film negative)
NATO amphibious exercise Northern Wedding in the Shetland Islands (Roll film negative)
Ships under way on the horizon in the Norwegian Sea during the NATO exercise Strong Express (Roll film negative)
On board the United States guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) during a jackstay transfer evolution in the North Atlantic. (Colour transparency)
A close starboard beam view of the Royal Navy light cruiser Tiger (1945) during a NATO exercise in the North Atlantic off north-west Scotland (Roll film negative)
A starboard side view of the Soviet Navy intelligence gathering ship Nakhodka under way in the Norwegian Sea during the NATO exercise Strong Express (Roll film negative)
A port beam view of the Fleet Air Arm Westland Wasp HAS.1 helicopter XV635 (431) from the Royal Navy frigate Charybdis (1968) in flight off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth. (Roll film negative)
The French destroyer Chevaliar Paul (1953) under way during a NATO exercise in the North Atlantic off north-west Scotland (Roll film negative)
On board the United States guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) approaching Norfolk Naval Base, Virginia. (Colour transparency)
A close-up of the U.S. Navy refrigerated store ship Alstede (1944) AF 48 and the attack transport Rockbridge (1944) APA 228 under way in the Mediterranean during the 6th Fleet exercise Steel Link 1. (Roll film negative)
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