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 in flight after launching from 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 starboard from the port side of the island above the captain's bridge. The support for the Type 982 radar hayrake aerial is in the centre of the picture.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7594/36A |
|---|---|
| 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 |