On board 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 XJ610 (460/C) of 893 Squadron unfolding its wings while moving onto 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 Fairey Gannet AEW.3 serial XL474 (421/C) is ready on the port catapult. The photographer is looking forward and slightlly to port from the port side of the island above the captain's bridge. This negative overlaps negative number PM7594/38A.

Object Details

ID: PM7594/37A
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 36 mm