A USN Grumman Tracker taking off from 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 starboard side of the bridge looking forward showing the United States Navy Grumman Tracker 147235, code 716 of Squadron VAW-12 from the U.S. aircraft carrier Forrestal (1954) being launched from the starboard catalpult.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7600/27A |
|---|---|
| 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 |