Westland Whirlwind helicopters from on board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) while the ship is under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.
Two of 824 Squadron's Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 helicopters in flight off the port quarter of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) while the ship is under way in the Atlantic, west of Gibraltar, during the NATO exercise Riptide III. The photographer is looking aft and to port from the forward 40mm bofors gun platform. The forward radio aerial spreader mast is lowered to the flying off position.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7594/34A |
|---|---|
| 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 185 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm |