The Netherlands Navy aircraft carrier Karel Doorman (1943) under way during a NATO exercise in the North Atlantic off north-west Scotland
A close view of the starboard midship part of the Netherlands Navy aircraft carrier Karel Doorman (1943) steaming alongside the Royal Navy light cruiser Tiger (1945) in the north Atlantic off north-west Scotland during NATO exercise Flat Rock. The ships are preparing for a refuelling-at-sea evolution and the refuelling hose is suspended from a derrick aft of the the island superstructure of the carrier. The Tiger (1945) was the flagship of Vice-Admiral F R Twiss who commanded a fleet of 46 ships drawn from six NATO nations for the exercise which took place in the waters off Cape Wrath and Loch Ewe between 16 and 24 October 1963.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7516/1A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Venerable (1943) |
| Date made: | 16-24 October 1963 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 37 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 37 mm |
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