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 flight deck looking to port from amidships showing the 800 Squadron Supermarine Scimitar F.1 XD321 coded 104 taxying forward with wings folded. The aircraft is partly obscured by a member of the flight deck crew in the foreground.

Object Details

ID: PM7678/29
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 227 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm