On board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) while the ship is under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.
A De Havilland Sea Vixen FAW.1 of 893 Squadron on the starboard catapult on the flight deck 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 forward and slightly to port from above the captain's bridge and the aircraft is about to launch.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7594/35A |
|---|---|
| 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 |