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 aft bofors sponson looking astern and up showing a Supermarine Scimitar F.1 of 800 Squadron about to cross the round down with its arrester hook down. Very bad image movement.

Object Details

ID: PM7679/35
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 144 mm;Frame: 35 mm x 38 mm