On board the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel Orkney (1976) while refuelling in the East Shetlands Basin in the North Sea.
On board the Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel Orkney (1976) in the East Shetlands Basin looking forward and to port from the superstructure abreast the funnel showing two men on the port bridge wing. The Orkney is patrolling the U.K. 200 nautical mile economic exclusion zone in the North Sea. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet replenishment ship Tidereach (1954) is alongside for a refuelling serial but only the forepart of the Tidereach (1954), from the bow to the bridge, is in the picture.
Object Details
| ID: | PM8069/1A |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Orkney (1976); Tidereach (1954) |
| Date made: | July 1977 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 114 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |
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