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 flight deck looking aft from amidships showing the aft end of the island superstructure on the left. The ship's pendant number is R09. A Sea Vixen FAW.1 of 890 Squadron is parked next to the island and another is on the port side of the deck. The ship's flight Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 helicopter XM687 coded 919 is on the end of the flight deck.