A United States Navy Grumman Tracker on the flight deck of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) which is under way in the Atlantic west of Gibraltar.
On board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Centaur (1947) under way at speed in the Atlantic, west of Gibraltar, during the NATO exercise Riptide III. The photographer is on starboard side of the flight deck amidships looking forward and to port showing the United States Navy Grumman Tracker, serial 147235, code 716 of Squadron VAW-12 from the United States aircraft carrier Forrestal (1954) taxying forward after releasing the arrester wire.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7599/23A |
|---|---|
| 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 |