Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 helicopter XN385 (337/C) 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 aft and to port showing the Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 helicopter XN385 (337/C) of 824 Squadron landing on. A flight deck fireman is in the foreground and two of the flight deck crew are holding wheel chocks.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7599/25A |
|---|---|
| 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 |