On board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) under way in the Arabian Sea during CENTO exercise Midlink VI.
On board the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) under way in the Arabian Sea during the CENTO exercise Midlink VI. The photographer is on the port side of the island superstructure above the flyco looking aft and to port showing Supermarine Scimitars and De Havilland Sea Vixens on deck. The Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 helicopter XM687 coded 19 is standing by ready to launch from the port quarter.
Object Details
| ID: | PM7674/8 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Roll film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wettern, Desmond Robert French |
| Vessels: | Ark Royal (1950) |
| Date made: | 14-23 November 1963 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Wettern Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 230 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 40 mm |
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