United States and Royal Navy personnel 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 the flight deck looking aft showing United States and Royal Navy personnel talking together near the starboard forward aircraft deck park. In the deck park are the U.S. Douglas Skyhawk A-4B 9526, code 608 of Squadron VA-76 from the Enterprise (1960) and the Grumman Tracker 147235, code 716 of Squadron VAW-12 from the Forrestal (1954).
Object Details
| ID: | PM7600/26A |
|---|---|
| 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 |