A distant starboard quarter view of the Royal Navy destroyer Aisne (1945) and the RFA replenishment ship Tideflow (1954) under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.

A distant starboard quarter view of the Royal Navy fleet radar picket destroyer Aisne (1945) preparing to refuel from the port side of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment ship Tideflow (1954) under way in the Atlantic, west of Gibraltar, during the NATO exercise Riptide III. The Tideflow (1954) also has her hoses ready for a starboard side refuelling. The photographer is on board the frigate Falmouth (1959).

Object Details

ID: PM7591/17A
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wettern, Desmond Robert French
Vessels: Aisne (1945); Tiderace (1954)
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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