A De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1 aircraft on the flight deck of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) while the ship is under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.
The De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1 aircraft XN 690 465/C parked on the forward end of the angled flight deck abreast the forward lift on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) as seen from the port bridge wing looking forward and to port. The ship is under way in the Atlantic, west of Gibraltar, during the NATO exercise Riptide III. The aircraft first flew in September 1961 and is a unit of 893 Squadron. The rotor of a Westland Whirlwind helicopter is in the foreground.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7592/23A |
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| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Centaur (1947) |
| 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 |