A Westland Whirlwind helicopter hovering above the Royal Navy frigate Falmouth (1959) while under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.

On board the Royal Navy frigate Falmouth (1959) looking aft from just ahead of the Limbo mortar well showing the Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 helicopter XN385 337/C hovering above the quarterdeck transferring personnel while the ship is under way in the Atlantic, west of Gibraltar, during the NATO exercise Riptide III. The helicopter entered service in 1960, is a unit of 824 squadron from the aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) and has the code 37 on its nose.

Object Details

ID: PM7590/12A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Falmouth (1959)
Date made: 10-15 August 1962
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection
Measurements: Film length: 35 mm x 190 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm
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