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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)
A Netherlands Air Force Lockheed Neptune P2V-7B maritime reconnaissance aircraft in flight, seen from on board the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel Orkney (1976) off the Shetlands (Roll film negative)
The Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) and guided missile destroyers off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth. (Roll film negative)
A slightly distant port side view of the Royal Navy guided missile destroyers Fife (1964) and Kent (1961) off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth. (Roll film negative)
The Royal Navy commando carrier Bulwark (1948) and guided missile destroyers off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth. (Roll film negative)
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)
The gemini dinghy of the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Cuxton (1953) alongside the motor trawler Ard Aidhm (1961) in the North Sea, off the north-east coast of England. (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel Orkney (1976) in the East Shetlands Basin in the North Sea showing an oil rig under construction. (Roll film negative)
A Blackburn Buccaneer S2 aircraft flying low off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth. (Roll film negative)
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)
On the flight deck on board the Netherlands Navy aircraft carrier Karel Doorman (1943) while in the North Sea off the Norwegian coast (Roll film negative)
On the flight deck on board the Netherlands Navy aircraft carrier Karel Doorman (1943) while in the North Sea off the Norwegian coast (Roll film negative)
A Blackburn Buccaneer S2 jet from 809 Naval Air Squadron dropping bombs astern of the guided missile destroyer Bristol (1969) off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth. (Roll film negative)
The gemini dinghy of the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Cuxton (1953) and the motor trawler Ard Aidhm (1961) in the North Sea, off the north-east coast of England. (Roll film negative)
A slightly distant starboard side view of the Royal Navy guided missile destroyer Devonshire (1960) under way off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth. (Roll film negative)
On the flight deck on board the Netherlands Navy aircraft carrier Karel Doorman (1943) while in the North Sea off the Norwegian coast (Roll film negative)
In the bakery on board the Netherlands Navy aircraft carrier Karel Doorman (1943) while in the North Sea off the Norwegian coast (Roll film negative)
A slightly distant port quarter view of the Royal Navy frigate Charybdis (1968) under way off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth. (Roll film negative)
The gemini dinghy of the Royal Navy coastal minesweeper Cuxton (1953) almost alongside the motor trawler Ard Aidhm (1961) in the North Sea, off the north-east coast of England. (Roll film negative)
A distant starboard quarter view of the Royal Navy frigate Charybdis (1968) under way off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth. (Roll film negative)
A very distant port bow view of the Royal Navy Type 15 frigate Rapid (1942) off the Firth of Forth during exercise Sally Forth. (Roll film negative)
The Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) seen from the Netherlands Navy aircraft carrier Karel Doorman (1943) while in the North Sea off the Norwegian coast (Roll film negative)
A distant view of the Dutch motor fishing vessel UK 157 fishing in the North Sea. (Roll film negative)
The Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S.2 XV359 on the waist catapult of the aircraft carrier Eagle (1946) in the North Sea. (Sheet film negative)
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